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Geodata of Damage Assessment for Ancient City of Palmyra, Syria

The Centre for Humanitarian Data · 2016 Full Details

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Geodata of Damage Assessment for Ancient City of Palmyra, Syria
Description
This map illustrates the location of damaged buildings and cultural heritage locations in the Ancient City of Palmyra, Syrian Arab Republic as determined by satellite imagery analysis. Using satellite imagery acquired 30 March 2016, 18 October 2015, and 26 June 2015 UNITAR-UNOSAT identified a total of 37 damaged structures within the Ancient City of Palmyra, of which 14 are destroyed, 8 are severely damaged, and 15 are moderately damaged. The majority of these damaged structures are in the vicinity of the Valley of the Tombs and the Necropolis, west and southwest of Palmyra. Additionally, satellite imagery analysis identified a total of 59 craters in the same area, an indicator of the level of fighting in the area. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field. Please send ground feedback to UNITAR-UNOSAT.
Creator
UNOSAT
Publisher
The Centre for Humanitarian Data
Temporal Coverage
2016-04-06
Date Issued
2016-04-13
Access Rights
Public
Date Added
August 23, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from Humanitarian Data Exchange on 2025-08-23.

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  • Citation
    UNOSAT (2016). Geodata of Damage Assessment for Ancient City of Palmyra, Syria. The Centre for Humanitarian Data. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/708133fc-c4b5-4b2d-81ec-a99587ed138e (dataset)
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