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Damascus الشَّام‎) and titled the "City of Jasmine" (مَدِينَةُ الْيَاسْمِينِ‎ Madīnat al-Yāsmīn). Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world. The city had an estimated population of 2,503,000 in 2022. In southwestern Syria, Damascus is the center of a large metropolitan area.