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Tadamon, Syria

Tadamon
التضامن
Neighbourhood
Tadamon is located in Damascus
Tadamon
Tadamon
Tadamon is located in Syria
Tadamon
Tadamon
Coordinates: 33°28′40″N 36°18′34″E / 33.47778°N 36.30944°E / 33.47778; 36.30944
Country Syria
GovernorateDamascus Governorate
SubdistrictDamascus
MunicipalityAl-Midan
Government
 • MayorAhmed Iskandar[1]
Population
 (2004)[2]
 • Total
86,793

Tadamon (Arabic: التضامن, romanized: at-Taḍāmun; also spelled Tadamoun or Tadamun) is a neighborhood and district of the al-Midan municipality of Damascus, Syria.[3][4] The neighborhood has been active in the Syrian civil war.

History

Until the 1960s, the area of Tadamon was largely covered by orchards.[1] However, the area began to be populated by Syrians who had fled the Golan Heights after Israel occupied that region in the 1967 Six Day War.[1] The area also saw an influx of Syrians moving in from the countryside of Damascus.[1] Most of the people who moved to Tadamon built their homes without government permits and the area has since developed as an informal neighborhood where roughly 90% of homes lack formally registered property deeds.[1]

During the Syrian Civil War, in 2012, most of Tadamon was overrun by rebels fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army (FSA).[1] In 2013, the area was the site of the Tadamon massacre, where 280+ people were executed by Syrian Military Intelligence personnel. In 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), took over part of the district from the FSA.[1] Government forces reasserted complete control of Tadamon in a military offensive in 2018.[1]

Population

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tadamon had a population of 86,793 in the 2004 census.[2] According to Agence France-Presse, Tadamon had a pre-war population of 250,000 but most of the inhabitants fled the area during war.[1] As of late 2018, the population of the district is around 65,000.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "After IS, Damascus suburb residents blocked from going home". Al-Monitor. Agence-France Presse. 2018-11-09. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Damascus city population Archived 2012-08-01 at archive.today
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Patrick J. McDonnell (2012-07-16). "Syria fighting intensifies in Assad stronghold Damascus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
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