an-Nabek District ( ar-at, منطقة النبك, manṭiqat an-Nabek) 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, subdivision ...

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 ...

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 ...

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is the city of

an-Nabek An-Nabek or Al-Nabek ( ar, ٱلنَّبْك, an-Nabk) is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Rif Dimashq and the capital of the Qalamoun. Located north of Damascus and south of Homs. It has an altitude of 1255 meters. According to the S ...

. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 80,001. The area of the district is also known as Qalamoun (also transliterated as Qalamun, Qalamūn, Kalamon and Kalamoun).http://travelingluck.com/Asia/Syria/Rīf+Dimashq/_173194_Minţaqat+an+Nabk.html

Sub-districts

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

Localities in an-Nabek District

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

References

Districts of Rif Dimashq Governorate {{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub