Rankous, the Glossary
Rankous or Rankus (رنكوس) is a Syrian town and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside (Rif Dimashq) located in Mount Qalamoun (anti-Lebanon) in Syria, 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650 and 2150 m. The climate of the town is cool in summer and cold in winter.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Al-Tall District, Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Crocker & Brewster, Districts of Syria, Eastern European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Eli Smith, Governorates of Syria, Mohamed Ali Abdel Jalil, Nahiyah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Sunni Islam, Syria, Syrian civil war.
- Populated places in Al-Tall District
Al-Tall District
al-Tall District (manṭiqat al-Tall) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Rankous and al-Tall District are Rif Dimashq geography stubs.
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Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) (المكتب المركزي للإحصاء) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in the Syrian Arab Republic.
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Crocker & Brewster
Crocker & Brewster (1818–1876) was a leading publishing house in Boston, Massachusetts, during its 58-year existence.
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Districts of Syria
The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus.
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Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eli Smith
Eli Smith (born September 13, 1801, in Northford, Connecticut, to Eli and Polly (Whitney) Smith, and died January 11, 1857, in Beirut, Lebanon) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar.
Governorates of Syria
Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic muḥāfaẓāt, singular muḥāfaẓah).
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Mohamed Ali Abdel Jalil
Mohamed Ali Abdel Jalil (محمد علي عبد الجليل), Syrian essayist, calligraph, critic, researcher islamologist and translator, French and Arabic-speaking, born in Damascus in 1973 in a peasant family from Damascus Suburb (Rif Dimashq Governorate) (village: Rankous).
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Nahiyah
A nāḥiyah (نَاحِيَة, plural nawāḥī نَوَاحِي), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns.
Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate (محافظة ريف دمشق,, lit. "Damascus Countryside Governorate") is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. Rankous and Rif Dimashq Governorate are Rif Dimashq geography stubs.
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Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
Syrian civil war
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.
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See also
Populated places in Al-Tall District
- Akoubar
- Al-Dreij
- Al-Fayadiyah
- Al-Jarniyah, Rif Dimashq
- Al-Mahabah
- Al-Nour, Syria
- Al-Tall, Syria
- Ayn Dara, Rif Dimashq Governorate
- Badda, Syria
- Hafeir al-Fouqa
- Halboun
- Hosh Arab
- Maaraba, Rif Dimashq
- Maarat Saidnaya
- Maarounah
- Manin, Syria
- Rankous
- Sabnah
- Saidnaya
- Talfita
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankous
Also known as Rankus, Renkus.