Jisr ash-Shugur District ( ar-at, منطقة جسر الشغور,
manṭiqat Ǧisr aš-Šuġūr) 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
Idlib Governorate
Idlib Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة ادلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Idlib'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay province to the north, Aleppo Governorate to the east, Hama ...
in northwestern
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 ...
.
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
Jisr ash-Shugur
Jisr ash-Shughūr ( ar, جِسْرُ ٱلشُّغُورِ, jisr aš-šuġūr, , also rendered as ''Jisser ash-Shughour'' and other spellings), known in antiquity as Seleucobelus ( el, Σελευκόβηλος, translit=Seleukóbēlos), is a city in ...
. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 150,193.
Sub-districts
The district of Jisr ash-Shugur is divided into four sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
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Jisr al-Shughur Subdistrict
Jisr al-Shughur Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية مركز جسر الشغور) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Jisr al-Shughur District in Idlib
ar, إدلبي, Idlibi
, coordinates =
, elevation_m ...
(ناحية جسر الشغور): population 89,028.
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Bidama Subdistrict
Bidama Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية بداما) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Jisr al-Shughur District in Idlib
ar, إدلبي, Idlibi
, coordinates =
, elevation_m = 500
, area_co ...
(ناحية بداما): population 18,501.
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Darkush Subdistrict (ناحية دركوش): population 23,022.
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Al-Janudiyah Subdistrict (ناحية الجانودية): population 19,642.
References
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