Tadamon
التضامن | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Coordinates: 33°28′40″N 36°18′34″E / 33.47778°N 36.30944°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
Subdistrict | Damascus |
Municipality | Al-Midan |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ahmed 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.
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]
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]
Tadamon
التضامن | |
---|---|
Neighbourhood | |
Coordinates: 33°28′40″N 36°18′34″E / 33.47778°N 36.30944°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
Subdistrict | Damascus |
Municipality | Al-Midan |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ahmed 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.
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]
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]