Taldou District ( ar-at, منطقة تلدو,
manṭiqat Taldou) 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
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 town of
Taldou
Taldou ( ar, تلدو, Talldū, also spelled Tall Daww, Taldo, Tall Dhu or Taldao) is a town in the Houla region of northern Syria, north of Homs in the Homs Governorate. Nearby towns include Burj al-Qa'i to the east, Tallaf to the northeast, Ka ...
. The Northwestern Quadrant of the District is within
Wadi al-Nasara
Wadi al-Nasara ( ar, وادي النصارى / ALA-LC: ''Wādī an-Naṣārá'', Greek: Κοιλάδα των Χριστιανών, ''Koiláda ton Christianón'', which both mean "Valley of Christians") is an area in western Syria, close to the ...
, an
Antiochian Greek Orthodox population region and cultural area.
Krak Des Chevaliers
Krak des Chevaliers, ar, قلعة الحصن, Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn also called Hisn al-Akrad ( ar, حصن الأكراد, Ḥiṣn al-Akrād, rtl=yes, ) and formerly Crac de l'Ospital; Krak des Chevaliers or Crac des Chevaliers (), is a medieva ...
, a famous Crusader Castle, is in the northwesternmost edge of the district.
The district was formed in 2010 from three sub-districts formerly belonging to
Homs District
Homs District ( ar-at, منطقة حمص, manṭiqat Ḥimṣ) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Homs.
The district was split in 2010, when three sub-districts were separated to for ...
. At the 2004 census, these sub-districts had a total population of 90,139.
Sub-districts
The district of Taldou is divided into three sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
*
Taldou Subdistrict (ناحية تلدو): population 71,503.
*
Kafr Laha Subdistrict (ناحية كفرلاها): population 20,041.
*
Al-Qabu Subdistrict (ناحية القبو): population 18,636.
References
Districts of Homs Governorate
2010 establishments in Syria
{{HomsSY-geo-stub