Al-Shaykh Badr District ( ar-at, منطقة الشيخ بدر,
manṭiqat Al-Shaykh Badr) is a
district
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of the
Tartus Governorate in northwestern
Syria
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.
Administrative centre is the town of
al-Shaykh Badr. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 52,981.
Sub-districts
The district of al-Shaykh Badr is divided into three sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
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Al-Shaykh Badr Subdistrict (ناحية الشيخ بدر): population 25,324.
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Brummanet al-Mashayekh Subdistrict (ناحية برمانة المشايخ): population 13,562
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Al-Qamsiyah Subdistrict (ناحية القمصية): population 14,095.
References
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