Deir ez-Zor District ( ar-at, منطقة دير الزور,
manṭiqat Dair az-Zaur) is a
district
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of the
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة دير الزور / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Dayr az-Zawr'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in eastern Syria, bordering Iraq. It has an area of 33,060 km2 ( ...
in northeastern
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
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
Deir ez-Zor
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. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 492,434.
Subdistricts
The district of Deir ez-Zor is divided into seven subdistricts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
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Deir ez-Zor Subdistrict (ناحية دير الزور): population 239,196.
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Al-Kasrah Subdistrict (ناحية الكسرة): population 63,226.
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Al-Busayrah Subdistrict (ناحية البصيرة): population 40,236.
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Al-Muhasan Subdistrict (ناحية الموحسن): population 35,113.
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Al-Tabni Subdistrict (ناحيةالتبني): population 48,393.
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Khasham Subdistrict (ناحية خشام): population 28,718.
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Al-Suwar Subdistrict (ناحية الصور): population 37,552.
References
Districts of Deir ez-Zor Governorate
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