Muadamiyat al-Sham

Muadamiyat al-Sham
المعضمية الشام
Town
Muadamiyat al-Sham
Coordinates: 33°28′N 36°11′E / 33.46°N 36.19°E / 33.46; 36.19
Country Syria
GovernorateRif Dimashq
DistrictDarayya
SubdistrictDarayya
Population
 (2004 census)
 • Total
52,738
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Muadamiyat al-Sham (Arabic: المعضمية الشام, romanizedal-Muʿaḍḍamīyah ash-Shām; also spelled Moadamiyet al-Sham, Moadamiya or Moadamiyah) is a town in southern Syria, administratively a part of the Darayya District in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located approx. 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) southwest of Damascus, within an area called the Western Ghouta. Nearby localities include the centre of Darayya to the east, Jdeidat Artouz and Sahnaya to the south, and Qudsaya to the north. The town is "famed for its olive orchards".