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Masyaf District
Masyaf District ( ar, مصياف ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 169,341. Its administrative centre is the city of Masyaf. Sub-districts The district of Masyaf is divided into five sub-districts or nahiyahs (population according to 2004 official census): * Masyaf Subdistrict (ناحية مصياف): population 68,184. * Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict (ناحية جب رملة): population 39,814. *Awj Subdistrict Awj Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية عوج) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Awj Subdistrict had a population of 33344 in the 2004 census. Refere ... (ناحية عوج): population 33,344. * Ayn Halaqim Subdistrict (ناحية عين حلاقيم): population 16,502. * Wadi al-Uyun Subdistrict (ناحية وادي العيون): population 12,951. References {{HamaSY-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masyaf District
Masyaf District ( ar, مصياف ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 169,341. Its administrative centre is the city of Masyaf. Sub-districts The district of Masyaf is divided into five sub-districts or nahiyahs (population according to 2004 official census): * Masyaf Subdistrict (ناحية مصياف): population 68,184. * Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict (ناحية جب رملة): population 39,814. *Awj Subdistrict Awj Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية عوج) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Awj Subdistrict had a population of 33344 in the 2004 census. Refere ... (ناحية عوج): population 33,344. * Ayn Halaqim Subdistrict (ناحية عين حلاقيم): population 16,502. * Wadi al-Uyun Subdistrict (ناحية وادي العيون): population 12,951. References {{HamaSY-ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantiqah
Minṭaqah ( ; plural ''manāṭiq'' ) is a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries. It is often translated as ''region'' or ''district'', but the literal meaning is "region", "area", or even simply "place". Usage * Areas of Kuwait (second-level, below governorates) * Regions of Bahrain (formerly, top-level, replaced by governorates) * Regions of Oman (formerly, top-level, alongside governorates, now only governorates) * Regions of Chad (top-level) * Regions of Saudi Arabia (top-level, above governorates) * Districts of Syria (second-level, below governorates) - A ''mintaqah'' in Syria was formerly called ''qadaa''. * Districts of Israel There are six main administrative districts of Israel, known in Hebrew as ''mekhozot'' (; singular: ''makhoz'' ) and Arabic as ''mintaqah'' and fifteen sub-districts known as ''nafot'' (; singular: ''nafa'' ). Each sub-district is further divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the south, Raqqa Governorate to the west, Homs Governorate to the north, and Tartus Governorate, Tartus and Latakia Governorate to the east. It is the only Governorate (excluding Damascus Governorate, Damascus) that does not border a foreign country. Measures of its area vary from 8,844 km2 to 8,883 km2, with its capital being the city of Hama. History Archaeological sites * Abu Qubays, Syria, Al Qubays - medieval castle * Apamea, Syria, Apamea - Graeco-Roman city * Bourzey castle - Byzantine castle * Masyaf Castle - medieval castle * Shmemis - Ayyubid castle * Tell Salhab, Tell Asharneh - possible site of Bronze Age Tunip * Tell Qarqur - ancient settlement Modern Syria Hama has historically been a centre of opposition to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Armenians, Circassians, Albanians, and Greeks. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Yazidis. The capital and largest city of Syria is Damascus. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital City
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, different branches of government are in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is List of countries with multiple capitals, in another place. English language, English-language news media often use the name of the capital city as an alternative name for the government of the country of which it is the capital, as a form of metonymy. For example, "relations between Washington, D.C., Washington and London" refer to "United Kingdom–United States rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masyaf
Masyaf ( ar, مصياف ') is a city in northwestern Syria. It is the center of the Masyaf District in the Hama Governorate. As of 2004, Masyaf had a religiously diverse population of approximately 22,000 Ismailis, Alawites and Christians. The city is well known for its large medieval castle, particularly its role as the headquarters of the Nizari Ismailis and their elite Assassins unit. Etymology Throughout the Islamic era and until the modern day, the Arabic name of the city was pronounced in a number of different ways by the inhabitants of the region as ''Maṣyaf'', ''Maṣyat'' or ''Maṣyad''. The Arabic name is a local pronunciation that evolved from the Assyrian name ''Manṣuate''. The "nṣw" in ''Manṣuate'' correlates with the Arabic "nṣṣ", which means "to set up", according to orientalist scholar Edward Lipinsky. Moreover, Lipinsky suggests that the Assyrian name was likely a configuration of the Assyrian word ''manṣuwatu'' which correlates with the Arabic wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahiyah
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang, and the former Ottoman Empire, where it was also called a '' bucak'', it is a third-level or lower division. It can constitute a division of a ''qadaa'', ''mintaqah'' or other such district-type of division and is sometimes translated as " subdistrict". Ottoman Empire The nahiye ( ota, ناحیه) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire, smaller than a . The head was a (governor) who was appointed by the Pasha. The was a subdivision of a Selçuk Akşin Somel. "Kazâ". ''The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire''. Volume 152 of A to Z Guides. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. p. 151. and corresponded roughly to a city with its surrounding villages. s, in turn, were divided into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masyaf Subdistrict
Masyaf Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز مصياف) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Masyaf Subdistrict had a population of 68184 in the 2004 census. References Masyaf Masyaf ( ar, مصياف ') is a city in northwestern Syria. It is the center of the Masyaf District in the Hama Governorate. As of 2004, Masyaf had a religiously diverse population of approximately 22,000 Ismailis, Alawites and Christians. The ci ... Masyaf District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict
Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية جب رملة) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama , timezone = EET , utc_offset = +2 , timezone_DST = EEST , utc_offset_DST = +3 , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , ar .... According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jubb Ramlah Subdistrict had a population of 39,814 in the 2004 census. References Jubb Ramlah Masyaf District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awj Subdistrict
Awj Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية عوج) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Awj Subdistrict had a population of 33344 in the 2004 census. References Awj Awj ( ar, عوج, also spelled Ouj or Uj) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located in the Homs Gap southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Aqrab and Tell Dahab to the east, Nisaf and Baarin to t ... Masyaf District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayn Halaqim Subdistrict
Ayn Halaqim Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية عين حلاقيم) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ayn Halaqim Subdistrict had a population of 16502 in the 2004 census. References Ayn Halaqim Ain Halaqim ( ar, عين حلاقيم, also spelled Ein Halakim) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of Hama. Nearby localities include al-Bayda and Masyaf to the north, al-Bayyadiyah to ... Masyaf District {{HamaSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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