Darayya District ( ar-at, منطقة داريا, manṭiqat Dārayyā) 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

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف دمشق, ', literally, the "Governorate of the Countryside of Damascus", Damascus Suburb) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the c ...

in southern

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 ...

. The

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is the city of

Darayya Darayya ( ar, دَارَيَّا, Dārayyā) is a suburb of Damascus in Syria, the centre of Darayya lying south-west of the centre of Damascus. Administratively it belongs to Rif Dimashq. History and population Darayya is one of the oldest ...

. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 260,961.

Sub-districts

The district of Darayya is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

Localities in Darayya District

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the following villages, towns and cities make up the district of Darayya:

References

{{Authority control Districts of Rif Dimashq Governorate