Qadam
ٱلْقَدَم al-Kadam, Kadam | |
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Municipality | |
| Arab transcription(s) | |
| • English | "The foot" |
 Main
CFS train station in Qadam | |
 Al-Qadam depicted as Al-Kadam on a map of the municipalities of Damascus | |
| Coordinates: 33°28′00″N 36°17′00″E / 33.46667°N 36.28333°E | |
| Country |
Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| City | Damascus |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 95,944 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 ( EET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( EEST) |
| Climate | BSk |
Qadam ( Arabic: ٱلْقَدَم, romanized: al-Qadam) is a municipality and a neighborhood in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, [2] due west of Yarmouk Camp.
History
Prior to its urbanization and integration into Damascus municipality al-Qadam was a village on the Hajj caravan road called al-Qadam al-Sharif (the Noble Foot). [3] It was named after a stone originally from Bosra where tradition holds an imprint was left of the foot of the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he visited the city. [3] The stone had been relocated from Bosra to a mosque in al-Qadam. [3]
Districts
- Al-Asali (pop. 21,731) [1]
- Dahadil (pop. 14,310)
- Jouret al-Shreibati (8,836)
- Al-Mustafa (pop. 9,218)
- Al-Qadam (pop. 18,649)
- Qadam Sharqi (pop. 4,022)
- Al-Sayyidah Aisha (pop. 19,178)
References
- ^ a b "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ Khaled Yacoub Oweis (2012-07-18). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ a b c Munayyir, Muhammad Arif ibn Ahmad (1971). Landau, Jacob M. (ed.). The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim Pilgrimage: A Case of Ottoman Political Propaganda. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814314227.
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