Qadam

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.

Qadam ٱلْقَدَم al-Kadam, Kadam
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
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

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]

The area saw heavy fighting during the Syrian civil war, given the strategic importance of the Qadam train station.^[4]

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)