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.

Tadamon التضامن
Neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 33°28′40″N 36°18′34″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Damascus Governorate
Subdistrict	Damascus
Municipality	Al-Midan
Government
• Mayor	Ahmed Iskandar[1]
Population  (2004)[2]
• Total	86,793

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 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]

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