Qadam ( ar, ٱلْقَدَم, al-Qadam) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and a neighborhood in the southern part of
Damascus,
Syria,
due west of
Yarmouk Camp
Yarmouk ( ar, مُخَيَّم ٱلْيَرْمُوْك / ALA-LC: ', ) is a district of the city of Damascus, populated by Palestinians, with hospitals and schools. It is located from the center of Damascus and within municipal boundaries (but ...
.
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).
It was named after a stone originally from
Bosra
Bosra ( ar, بُصْرَىٰ, Buṣrā), also spelled Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra and officially called Busra al-Sham ( ar, بُصْرَىٰ ٱلشَّام, Buṣrā al-Shām), is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Dara ...
where tradition holds an imprint was left of the foot of the
Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
when he visited the city.
The stone had been relocated from Bosra to a mosque in al-Qadam.
Districts
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Al-Asali
Al-Asali ( ar, العسالي) is a neighborhood and district of the Qadam municipality in Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 21,731 in the 2004 census. The neighborhood was built around the small al-Asali maqam (shrine), named after Shaykh ...
(pop. 21,731)
*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
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Neighborhoods of Damascus