Highest Major Cities in Syria

Cities in Syria with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇸🇾 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Yabrūd40,502 people · Rif-dimashq

1,382 m

Qārah20,656 people · Rif-dimashq

1,287 m

An Nabk49,372 people · Rif-dimashq

1,272 m

Az Zabadānī29,549 people · Rif-dimashq

1,183 m

As-Suwayda59,052 people · Suwayda

1,068 m

At Tall55,561 people · Rif-dimashq

1,003 m

Al Qunayţirah36,143 people · Quneitra

942 m

Al Quţayfah16,118 people · Rif-dimashq

934 m

Qaţanā18,511 people · Rif-dimashq

897 m

Jayrūd32,352 people · Rif-dimashq

815 m

Zākīyah18,553 people · Rif-dimashq

766 m

Al Qaryatayn31,748 people · Homs

745 m

Muadamiyat al-Sham52,738 people · Rif-dimashq

740 m

Al Kiswah23,526 people · Rif-dimashq

724 m

Ḩarastā37,348 people · Rif-dimashq

710 m

Şaḩnāyā30,519 people · Rif-dimashq

705 m

Dārayyā71,596 people · Rif-dimashq

703 m

Damascus1,569,394 people · Damascus Governorate

701 m

‘Irbīn42,474 people · Rif-dimashq

688 m

al-Yarmūk99,999 people · Damascus Governorate

684 m

Jaramānā99,999 people · Rif-dimashq

670 m

Babīlā50,880 people · Rif-dimashq

669 m

Dūmā111,864 people · Rif-dimashq

660 m

Jāsim30,283 people · Daraa

660 m

Kafranbel45,652 people · Idlib

643 m

Aş Şanamayn25,702 people · Daraa

642 m

Al Ḩirāk23,784 people · Daraa

634 m

Inkhil29,076 people · Daraa

623 m

Nawá47,066 people · Daraa

568 m

I‘zāz66,138 people · Aleppo

559 m

Al Quşayr41,062 people · Homs

541 m

Shaykh Miskīn25,920 people · Daraa

530 m

Dā‘il29,408 people · Daraa

525 m

‘Ayn al ‘Arab50,000 people · Aleppo

514 m

Homs775,404 people · Homs

508 m

Maşyāf32,262 people · Hama

502 m

Al Mālikīyah26,311 people · Al-Hasakah

490 m

Dar‘ā97,969 people · Daraa

489 m

Ţafas31,249 people · Daraa

489 m

Tall Rif‘at25,658 people · Aleppo

486 m

Ad Darbāsīyah21,481 people · Al-Hasakah

484 m

‘Āmūdā26,821 people · Al-Hasakah

472 m

Kafr Takhārīm22,436 people · Idlib

469 m

Kabbasin51,230 people · Aleppo

468 m

Manbij99,497 people · Aleppo

468 m

As Salamīyah94,887 people · Hama

461 m

Al Bāb130,745 people · Aleppo

460 m

Tallbīsah38,491 people · Homs

460 m

Al Qāmishlī184,231 people · Al-Hasakah

454 m

Idlib128,840 people · Idlib

442 m

Highlights

Within Syria, Yabrūd ranks first in 2026 with 1,382 m, followed by Qārah (1,287 m) and An Nabk (1,272 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,382 m (Yabrūd) to 442 m (Idlib), with a median of 643 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.

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