Al-Mukharram District ( ar-at, منطقة المخرم,
manṭiqat al-Mukharram) is a
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 o ...
of the
Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographical ...
in central
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 loc ...
.
Administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the city of
al-Mukharram
Al-Mukharram ( ar, المخرم), also known as Mukharram al-Fawqani ( ar, المخرم الفوقاني; also spelled Makhem Fuqani or ''Mkhurem Fouqani'') is a small city in central Syria, capital of the al-Mukharram District, administrativel ...
. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 52,068.
Sub-districts
The district of al-Mukharram is divided into two sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
*
al-Mukharram Subdistrict (ناحية المخرم): population 32,447.
*
Jubb al-Jarrah Subdistrict (ناحية جب الجراح): population 19,621.
References
Districts of Homs Governorate
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