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Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ar, السقيلبية ') 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 ...
(
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 ...
) administratively belonging to
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 ...
,
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 ...
. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its
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-Suqaylabiyah
Al-Suqaylabiyah ( ar, السقيلبيه, As Suqailabiya) is a Greek Orthodox Christian Syrian city administratively belonging to Hama Governorate. Al-Suqaylabiyah is located at a height of 220 meters above sea level. According to the 2004 officia ...
. The district includes most of
Al-Ghab plain
The Ghab Plain ( ar, سَهْلُ ٱلْغَابِ, Sahl al-Ġāb, literally: Forest Plain) is a fertile depression lying mainly in the Al-Suqaylabiyah District in northwest Syria. The Orontes River, flowing north, enters the Plain near Muhradah, ...
.
Sub-districts
The district of Hama is divided into five sub-districts or
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 w ...
s (population according to 2004 official census):
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Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict
Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز السقيلبية) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Al-Suqaylabiyah District
Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ar, السقيلبية ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively b ...
(ناحية السقيلبية): population 49,686.
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Tell Salhab Subdistrict (ناحية تلسلحب): population 38,783.
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Al-Ziyarah Subdistrict
Al-Ziyarah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية الزيارة) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Ziyarah Subdistrict had a population of 38,8 ...
(ناحية الزيارة): population 38,872.
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Shathah Subdistrict
Shathah Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية شطحة) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shathah Subdistrict had a population of 25,273 in the 2 ...
(ناحية شطحة): population 25,273.
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Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict
Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية قلعة المضيق) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in al-Suqaylabiyah District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict had a p ...
(ناحية قلعة المضيق): population 85,597.
References
Al-Ghab Plain
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