Al-Hijaz, Damascus

Al-Hijaz البرامكة
Neighborhood
Al-Hijaz Location in Syria
Coordinates: SY 33°30′39″N 36°17′32″E / 33.51083°N 36.29222°ECoordinates: SY 33°30′39″N 36°17′32″E / 33.51083°N 36.29222°E
Country	Syria Syria
Governorate	Damascus Governorate
Subdistrict	Damascus
Municipality	Qanawat
Population (2004)
• Total	5,572

Al-Hijaz (Arabic: الحجاز‎) is a neighborhood and district of the Qanawat municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 5,572 in the 2004 census.^[1][2] The neighborhood was founded during the early 20th century, during the last years of Ottoman rule in Syria.^[3] It was built around the Hijaz Railway station in the city, which was founded in 1913. Between 1914 and 1916, the Ottoman governor of Damascus, Jamal Pasha, commissioned the construction of Shari'a an-Naser (Victory Street) in the neighborhood, which ran from the railway station to the Souq al-Hamidiyya bazaar, parallel to Marjeh Square and the Barada River. Several mosques and residences were demolished to make way for the monumental road.^[4]

References

1. Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census
2. "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
3. Hanssen, Jenns; Philipp, Thomas; Weber, Stefan, eds. (2002). The Empire in the City: Arab Provincial Capitals in the Late Ottoman Empire. Ergon in Kommission.
4. Hudson, Leila (2008). Transforming Damascus: Space and Modernity in an Islamic City. I. B. Tauris. p. 123.