az-Zabadani

الزبداني / Az-Zabadani ; Az-Zabadani
Coordinates	33 ° 44 ′ N , 36 ° 6 ′ E Coordinates: 33 ° 44 ′ N , 36 ° 6 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
ISO 3166-2	SY-RD
height	1100 m
Residents	26,285 (2004)
Metropolitan area	64,000 (2009)
	Cityscape (2007)

Az-Zabadani ( Arabic الزبداني, DMG az-Zabadānī ; also al-Zabadani ) is a Syrian city in the district of the same name and the administrative seat of the district named after it in the governorate of Rif Dimaschq . In 2004 the city had 26,285 inhabitants, the areas belonging to the district since 2009 a total of approx. 64,000 inhabitants.

geography

The city is located 45 km northwest of the capital Damascus and extends between the foothills of the mountains of Anti-Lebanon .

history

Syria war

In the course of the Syrian civil war , the majority of the inhabitants were driven out of the city, which has been besieged by Hezbollah, an ally of Syrian Prime Minister Assad, since 2015 . Many of them fled to neighboring Madaya , which was also besieged .

In September 2016 “people could be provided with food and medicine again”.

traffic

The place is on the Lebanon railway from Beirut to Damascus.

Personalities

Kamal al-Labwani (* 1957), Syrian doctor and artist

Individual evidence

^ Census ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). On humanitarianresponse.info ( xls file, approx. 2.49 MB)
↑ Census ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). On cbssyr.sy on January 3, 2016 (PDF, approx. 177 kB)
↑ Christoph Ehrhardt: The lost sons of Zabadani . On faz.net on September 9, 2015
↑ Mustafa al-Haj, Pascale el-Khoury (translation): Syrian regime displaces Zabadani residents ( Memento of January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). On al-monitor.com on September 15, 2015 ( original article ( memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ))
↑ Laura Pitel: War in Syria: Up to 40,000 civilians are starving in besieged Madaya, say campaigners on independent.co.uk on January 1, 1016
↑ Syria: According to the Red Cross, aid convoys reach four besieged cities . Spiegel Online , September 26, 2016.

[1] Census ( Memento from March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). On humanitarianresponse.info ( xls file, approx. 2.49 MB)

[2] Census ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). On cbssyr.sy on January 3, 2016 (PDF, approx. 177 kB)

[3] Christoph Ehrhardt: The lost sons of Zabadani . On faz.net on September 9, 2015

[4] Mustafa al-Haj, Pascale el-Khoury (translation): Syrian regime displaces Zabadani residents ( Memento of January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). On al-monitor.com on September 15, 2015 ( original article ( memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ))

[5] Laura Pitel: War in Syria: Up to 40,000 civilians are starving in besieged Madaya, say campaigners on independent.co.uk on January 1, 1016

[6] Syria: According to the Red Cross, aid convoys reach four besieged cities . Spiegel Online , September 26, 2016.