Damascus

Summary

Damascus is a census-designated place in the United States^[1]. Damascus ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Damascus is located in Montgomery County^[3].
• Damascus is in the country of United States^[4].
• Damascus's image is recorded as Damascus watertower sign Damascus MD 2023-10-08 16-46-55.jpg^[5].
• Damascus's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States^[6].
• Damascus's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community^[7].
• Damascus's shares border with is recorded as Montgomery Village^[8].
• Damascus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124009814^[9].
• Damascus's GND ID is recorded as 5194493-5^[10].
• Damascus's locator map image is recorded as Montgomery County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Damascus Highlighted.svg^[11].
• Damascus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82070799^[12].
• Damascus's IdRef ID is recorded as 229670911^[13].
• Damascus's postal code is recorded as 20872^[14].
• Damascus's Commons category is recorded as Damascus, Maryland^[15].
• Damascus's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 133788^[16].
• Damascus's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone^[17].
• Damascus's local dialing code is recorded as 301^[18].
• Damascus's local dialing code is recorded as 240^[19].
• Damascus's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 584009^[20].
• Damascus's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2389391^[21].
• Damascus's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.288333333333334, 'lon': -77.20388888888888}^[22].
• Damascus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0tw3_^[23].
• Damascus's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 24-21475^[24].
• Damascus's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000992949^[25].
• Damascus's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 1a93315c-adaf-4032-b9f1-074195f17a36^[26].
• Damascus's population is recorded as {'amount': '+11430'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Damascus is in the country of United States^[4]. Damascus is located in Montgomery County^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29.97662'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29.984273'}^[29]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+264'}^[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+11430'}^[27], {'amount': '+15257'}^[31], and {'amount': '+17224'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States^[6] and unincorporated community^[7].

Why It Matters

Damascus ranks in the top 2% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (99 views/month).^[2] Damascus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Damascus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]