Al-Hajar al-Aswad (Arabic: اَلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَدُ, romanized: al-Ḥajaru l-Aswad, lit. 'The Black Stone') is a Syrian city just 4 km (2 mi) south of the centre of Damascus in the Darayya District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Hajar al-Aswad had a population of 84,948 in the 2004 census, making it the 13th largest city per geographical entity in Syria.
Jiwe linaloabudiwa huko Mecca linajulikana kama Al-Hajar al-Aswad (Jiwe Jeusi). Jiwe hili lipo kwenye pembe ya mashariki ya Kaaba, Kaaba ni jengo la pembe nne lenye shuka jeusi na juu limezungushiwa urembo wa rangi ya dhahabu katika Msikiti Mkuu wa Mecca (Masjid al-Haram). Kaaba ni eneo la...