Al-Qusayr District ( ar-at, منطقة القصير, manṭiqat al-Qusair) 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

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. The

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is the city of Al-Qusayr. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 107,470.

Sub-districts

The district of Al-Qusayr is divided into two sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004): * Al-Qusayr Subdistrict (ناحية القصير): population 70,965. * Al-Hoz Subdistrict (ناحية الحوز): population 36,505. - formed in 2010

Localities of the sub-district

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the following villages along with the towns of al-Qusayr and

Al-Hoz Al-Houz ( ar, الحوز, also spelled al-Huz) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated at the southern edge of Lake Qattinah, nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the south ...

, make up the district of al-Qusayr: * al-Qusayr 29818 / ( ar, القصير) *

al-Hoz Al-Houz ( ar, الحوز, also spelled al-Huz) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated at the southern edge of Lake Qattinah, nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the south ...

2239 / ( ar, الحوز) *

Rablah Rablah ( ar, ربلة; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Just east of the border with Lebanon, nearby localities include al-Nizariyah to the s ...

5328 / ( ar, ربلة) *

al-Ghassaniyah Al-Ghassaniya ( ar, الغسانية also spelled Ghassaniyeh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs and just east of Lake Qattinah. Nearby localities include Kafr Mousa to the south, di ...

4509 / ( ar, الغسانية) *

al-Aqrabiyah Aqrabiyah ( ar, العقربية, also spelled Akrabieh or Aqrabieh; also known as al-Buwaydah al-Gharbiyah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately east and north of t ...

(al-Buwaydah al-Gharbiyah) 4326 ( ar, العقربية_البويضة الغربية) *

al-Nizariyah Al-Nizariyya ar, النزارية, al-Nīzārīyya) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. It is situated off the Orontes River and at the northeastern border of Lebanon. Nearby ...

3813 / ( ar, النيزارية) *

Jusiyah al-Amar Jusiyah al-Amar ( ar, جوسية العمار), or simply Jusiyah, is a Syrian village located in Al-Qusayr District, Homs Governorate, Homs, near the border of Lebanon. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria), Syria Central Bureau o ...

3447 / ( ar, جوسية العمار) *

al-Buwaydah al-Sharqiyah Al-Buwaidah al-Sharqiyah ( ar, البويضة الشرقية, also spelled al-Buwaideh al-Sharqiyeh) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southeast of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Qusayr and a ...

3196 / ( ar, البويضة الشرقية) * al-Dabaa 3129 / ( ar, الضبعة) *

Shinshar Shinshar ( ar, شنشار, Shinshār, also spelled Shanshar) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located between Homs to the north, al-Qusayr to the southwest and Shamsin to the south. According to the ...

3118 / ( ar, شنشار) * Dahiyat al-Majd 3061 / ( ar, ضاحية المجد) *

Zita al-Gharbiyah Zita al-Gharbiyah ( ar, زيتا الغربية, also spelled Zeita) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs and immediately north of the border with Lebanon. Nearby localities incl ...

2922 / ( ar, زيتا الغربية) *

Arjoun Arjoun ( ar, عرجون, Arjūn, also spelled Arcun or Arjoon), is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Aqrabiyah to the southwest, al-Qusayr to the southea ...

2465 / ( ar, عرجون) * an-Naim 2290 / ( ar, الناعم) *

Zira'ah Zira'a ( ar, زراعة, also spelled Zerraa, Zirhagh or Zar'a) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated on a hill just east of the Orontes River, nearby localities include ...

2250 / ( ar, زراعة) *

Daminah al-Sharqiyah Daminah al-Sharqiyah ( ar, دمينة الشرقية) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, south of Homs. Nearby localities include Shinshar to the northeast, al-Buwaida al-Sharqiya Al-Buwaidah al-Sharqiy ...

1893 / ( ar, دمينة الشرقية) *Jubaniyah (Ramtout) 1857 / ( ar, (جوبانية (رام توت) *Dibbin 1696 / ( ar, دبين) *

Kafr Mousa Kafr Mousa ( ar, كفر موسى, also spelled Kafr Musa) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located south of Homs. Nearby localities include Ghassaniya to the north, Damina al-Gharbiya to the east, a ...

1610 / ( ar, كفر موسى) *al-Qurniyah 1329 / ( ar, القرنية) *Mudan 1230 / ( ar, مودان) *Bluzah 1159 / ( ar, بلوزة) *

Tell al-Nabi Mando Tell al-Nabi Mando ( ar, تل النبي مندو), known in archaeological literature as Tell Nebi Mend and also known as Qadesh ( ar, قادش) after the Bronze-Age city which stood at almost the same location, is a village in central Syria, ad ...

(Qadesh) 1068 /( ar, تل النبي مندو_قادش) *al-Hawi (al-Haweek) 1050 / ( ar, الحاوي_الحاويك) * Husseiniya 1018 / ( ar, الحسينية) *

Daminah al-Gharbiyah Daminah al-Gharbiyah ( ar, دمينة الغربية, also spelled Dumaynah Gharbiyah) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Qattinah to the northeast, a ...

1012 / ( ar, دمينة الغربية) *Samaqiat Gharbiyah 866 / ( ar, سماقيات غربية) *Samaqiat Sharqiyah 864 / ( ar, سماقيات شرقية) *al-Souadiyah 861 / ( ar, السوادية) *Hawsh Murshed Samaan 802 / ( ar, حوش مرشد سمعان) *al-Fadhliyah 798 / ( ar, الفاضلية) *al-Burhaniyah (al-Radwaniyah) 744 / ( ar, البرهانية_الرضوانية) *al-Saloumiyah 725 / ( ar, السلومية) *al-Shoumariyah 713 / ( ar, الشومرية) *Diyabiyah 698 / ( ar, ديابية) *Ras al-Ain (Hasabiyah) 690 / ( ar, رأس العين_حسابية) *Saqirjah (Ain al-Tannour) 674 / ( ar, سقرجة_عين التنور) *al-Sakher (Hit) 656 / ( ar, الصخر_هيت) *Abou Jouri 652 / ( ar, أبو جوري) *al-Masriyah 618 / ( ar, المصرية) *Hawsh al-Said Ali 541 / ( ar, حوش السيد علي) *al-Nahriyah 529 / ( ar, النهرية) *al-Hammam 526 / ( ar, الحمام) *al-Shiahat 520 / ( ar, الشياحات) *Ain al-Safa (Akoum) 506 / ( ar, عين الصفا_أكوم) *Kammam 474 / ( ar, كمام) *al-Hamra 431 / ( ar, الحمراء) *Wadi al-Hourani 379 / ( ar, وادي الحوراني) *al-Muh 377 / ( ar, الموح) *Umm Haratain Atiq 345 / ( ar, أم حارتين عتيق) *al-Aatafiyah 317 / ( ar, العاطفية) *al-Khaldiyah 270 / ( ar, الخالدية) *al-Masitbah 258 / ( ar, المصيطبة) *al-Buwait 181 / ( ar, البويت) *Dahiraj 156 / ( ar, دحيرج) *Wadi Hanna 138 / ( ar, وادي حنا) *al-Andalus 106 / ( ar, الأندلس) *Koukran (al-Sadiat) 102 / ( ar, كوكران_السعديات) *al-Hamidiyah 64 / ( ar, الحامدية) *al-Haidariyah 56 / ( ar, الحيدرية)

References

Districts of Homs Governorate {{HomsSY-geo-stub