The 14
governorates of Syria
Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic ''muḥāfaẓāt'', singular '' muḥāfaẓah''). The governorates are divided into si ...
, or ''muhafazat'' (sing. ''
muhafazah
A ' ( ; ) is a first-level administrative division of many Arab countries, and a second-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia. The term is usually translated to "governorate", and occasionally to "province". It comes from the Arabic roo ...
''), are divided into 65 districts, or ''manatiq'' (sing. ''
mintaqah
Minṭaqah ( ; plural ''manāṭiq'' ) is a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other Arab countries. It is often translated as ''region'' or ''district'', but th ...
''), including the city of
Damascus
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. The districts are further divided into 281 subdistricts, or ''nawahi'' (sing. ''
nahiya
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division w ...
'').
Each district bears the same name as its district capital.
Districts and subdistricts are administered by officials appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the minister of the interior. These officials work with elected district councils to attend to assorted local needs, and serve as intermediaries between central government authority and traditional local leaders, such as village chiefs, clan leaders, and councils of elders.
List of districts
The 65 districts are listed below by governorate (with capital districts in bold text). The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. Parts of
Quneitra Governorate
Quneitra Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة القنيطرة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Al-Qunayṭrah'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, notable for the location of the Golan Heights. The ...
have been under
Israeli occupation
Israeli-occupied territories are the lands that were captured and occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. While the term is currently applied to the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights, it has also been used to refer to a ...
since 1967 (see
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...
).
Central Syria
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates ...
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Hama District (4 sub-districts)
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Masyaf District
Masyaf District ( ar, مصياف ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 169,341. Its administrative centre is the city of Masyaf.
Sub-districts
The district of ...
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Mahardah District
Mahardah District ( ar, محردة ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 143,953. Its administrative centre is the city of Mahardah.
Sub-districts
The distri ...
(5 sub-districts, a.k.a. Mhardeh, Muhardeh)
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Salamiyah District
Salamiyah ( ar, سلمية ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 187,123. Its administrative district is the city of Salamiyah.
Sub-districts
The district of ...
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Al-Suqaylabiyah District
Al-Suqaylabiyah District ( ar, السقيلبية ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its administrative centre is the city of ...
(5 sub-districts)
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 ...
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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 ...
(10 sub-districts)
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Al-Mukharram District
Al-Mukharram District ( ar-at, منطقة المخرم, manṭiqat al-Mukharram) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the city of al-Mukharram
Al-Mukharram ( ar, المخرم), also known as Mukharr ...
(2 sub-districts)
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Al-Qusayr District
Al-Qusayr District ( ar-at, منطقة القصير, manṭiqat al-Qusair) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Al-Qusayr. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 107,470 ...
(2 sub-districts)
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Ar-Rastan District (2 sub-districts)
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Tadmur District (2 sub-districts)
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Taldou District
Taldou District ( ar-at, منطقة تلدو, manṭiqat Taldou) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the town of Taldou. The Northwestern Quadrant of the District is within Wadi al-Nasara
Wadi al ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Talkalakh District
Talkalakh District ( ar-at, منطقة تلكلخ, manṭiqat Talkalaḫ) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a cou ...
(4 sub-districts)
* - a newly created district since 2010, formerly belonging to Homs District
Latakia Governorate
Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Turkey's Hata ...
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Latakia District
Latakia District ( ar, منطقة اللاذقية, manṭiqat al-Lādhiqīyah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Latakia. At the 2004 census, the district had a population o ...
(7 sub-districts)
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Al-Haffah District
Al-Haffah District ( ar-at, منطقة الحفة, manṭiqat al-Ḥaffah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of al-Haffah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 81,2 ...
(5 sub-districts)
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Jableh District
Jableh District ( ar-at, منطقة جبلة, manṭiqat Jablah) is a district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Jableh. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 196,171.
Agricult ...
(6 sub-districts)
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Qardaha District
Qardaha District ( ar-at, منطقة القرداحة, mantiqah, manṭiqat al-Qardāḥah) is a Districts of Syria, district of the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Qardaha. At the 2004 census, the d ...
(4 sub-districts)
Tartus Governorate
Tartus Governorate, also transliterated as Tartous Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة طرطوس / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Latakia Governorate to t ...
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Tartus District
Tartus District ( ar-at, منطقة طرطوس, manṭiqat Ṭarṭūs) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tartus
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(7 sub-districts)
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Baniyas District
Baniyas District ( ar-at, منطقة بانياس, manṭiqat Bāniyās) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Baniyas
Baniyas ( ar, بَانِيَاس ') is a Mediterranean coast ...
(7 sub-districts)
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Duraykish District
Duraykish District ( ar-at, منطقة دريكيش, manṭiqat Dreikiche) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the town of Duraykish
Duraykish ( ar, دريكيش, Duraykīš, also spelled Drei ...
(4 sub-districts)
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Safita District
Safita District ( ar-at, منطقة صافيتا, manṭiqat Ṣāfītā) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Safita
Safita ( ar, صَافِيتَا '; phn, 𐤎𐤐𐤕� ...
(6 sub-districts)
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Al-Shaykh Badr District (3 sub-districts)
North East Syria
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of t ...
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Mount Simeon District
Mount Simeon District ( ar-at, منطقة جبل سمعان, manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān), also known as ''Jabal Sem`an'', is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Aleppo.
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(7 sub-districts)
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Afrin District
Afrin District ( ar, منطقة عفرين, manṭiqat Afrīn) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Afrin. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 172,095. Also available i ...
(7 sub-districts)
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Atarib District
Atarib District ( ar-at, منطقة الأتارب, manṭiqat al-Atārib) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Atarib.
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(3 sub-districts)
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Ayn al-Arab District (4 sub-districts)
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Azaz District
Azaz District ( ar, منطقة أعزاز, manṭiqat A'zāz) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Azaz. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 251,769.
The district lie ...
(6 sub-districts)
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Al-Bab District
al-Bab District ( ar, منطقة الباب, manṭiqat al-Bāb) is a district of Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( ar, محافظة حلب / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' / ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is the ...
(4 sub-districts)
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Dayr Hafir District
Dayr Hafir District ( ar-at, منطقة دير حافر, manṭiqat Dayr Ḥāfir) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Dayr Ḥāfir.
The district was formed in 2009 from three subdistri ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Jarabulus District (2 sub-districts)
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Manbij District
Manbij District ( ar, منطقة منبج, mantiqah, manṭiqat Manbiǧ) is a Districts of Syria, district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Manbij. At the 2004 census, the district had a population ...
(5 sub-districts)
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Safirah District (5 sub-districts)
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** - a newly created district since 2008, formerly belonging to Mount Simeon District
*** - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Al-Bab District
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
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Deir ez-Zor District
Deir ez-Zor District ( ar-at, منطقة دير الزور, manṭiqat Dair az-Zaur) is a district of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Deir ez-Zor
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(7 sub-districts)
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Abu Kamal District (4 sub-districts)
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Mayadin District
Mayadin District ( ar, منطقة الميادين) is a district (mantiqah
Minṭaqah ( ; plural ''manāṭiq'' ) is a first-level administrative division in Saudi Arabia and Chad and for a second-level administrative division in several other ...
(3 sub-districts)
Al-Hasakah Governorate
Al-Hasakah Governorate ( ar, محافظة الحسكة, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḥasakah, ku, Parêzgeha Hesekê}, syc, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܚܣܟܗ, Huparkiyo d'Ḥasake, also known as syc, ܓܙܪܬܐ, Gozarto) is one of the fourteen governorates (pro ...
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Al-Hasakah District
Al-Hasakah District ( ar, منطقة الحسكة, manṭiqat al-Ḥasaka) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre for the district is the city of al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah ( ar, ٱلْحَسَكَة ...
(7 sub-districts)
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Al-Malikiyah District
al-Malikiyah District ( ar, منطقة المالكية, manṭiqat al-Mālikiyah) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in eastern Rojava, Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Malikiyah
Al-Malikiyah ( ar, ٱلْمَالِكِ� ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Qamishli District
Qamishli District ( ar, منطقة القامشلي, manṭiqat al-Qāmišlī) is a district of al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Qamishli
Qamishli ( ar, ٱلْقَامِشْلِي, Al-Qām ...
(4 sub-districts)
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Ra's al-'Ayn District (2 sub-districts)
Idlib Governorate
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Idlib District
Idlib District ( ar-at, منطقة ادلب, manṭiqat Idlib) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Idlib. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 382,929.
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(7 sub-districts)
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Arihah District
Ariha District ( ar-at, منطقة أريحا, mantiqah, manṭiqat Arīh̨ā) is a Districts of Syria, district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Ariha, Syria, Ariha. At the 2004 census, the dist ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Harem District
Harem District ( ar-at, منطقة حارم, manṭiqat Ḥārim) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Harem
Harem ( Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِي ...
(6 sub-districts)
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Jisr al-Shughur District
Jisr ash-Shugur District ( ar-at, منطقة جسر الشغور, manṭiqat Ǧisr aš-Šuġūr) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Jisr ash-Shugur. At the 2004 census, the distri ...
(4 sub-districts)
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Ma'arrat al-Numan District
Maarat al-Numaan District ( ar-at, منطقة معرة النعمان, mantiqah, manṭiqat Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān) is a Districts of Syria, district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Maarat al ...
(6 sub-districts)
Raqqa Governorate
Raqqa Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة الرقة, Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km2. The capital is Raqqa. The Islamic State ...
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Raqqa District
Raqqa District ( ar, منطقة مركز الرقة, Manṭiqat ar-Raqqah) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Raqqa
Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) ( Kurdish: ...
(4 sub-districts)
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Tell Abyad District
Tell Abyad District ( ar, منطقة تل أبيض, Manṭiqat Tall Abyaḍ; ku, Devera Girê Spî) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tell Abyad. Parts of the district are currently ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Al-Thawrah District
Al-Thawrah District ( ar, منطقة الثورة, Manṭiqat Aṯ Ṯawra) is a district of the Raqqa Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Thawrah. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 159,84 ...
(3 sub-districts)
South West Syria
Damascus Governorate
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Damascus
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Daraa Governorate
Daraa Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة درعا / ALA-LC: ') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the south-west of the country and covers an area of 3,730 km2. It is bordered by Jordan to the south, Qu ...
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Daraa District
Daraa District ( ar, منطقة درعا) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Daraa Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 428,681. Its administrative centre is the city of Daraa
Daraa ( ar, دَر� ...
(8 sub-districts)
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Izra District Izra' District ( ar, منطقة ازرع) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Daraa Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 246,804. Its administrative centre is the city of Izra'
Izraʾ ( ar, إِزْرَ ...
(6 sub-districts)
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Al-Sanamayn District Al-Sanamayn District ( ar , منطقة الصنمين) is a district (mantiqah) in Daraa Governorate, Syria. According to the census of 2004, it had 167,993 inhabitants. Its administrative center is the village of Duma in the settlement Al-Sanamay ...
(3 sub-districts)
Quneitra Governorate
Quneitra Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة القنيطرة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Al-Qunayṭrah'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, notable for the location of the Golan Heights. The ...
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Quneitra District
Quneitra (or al-Qunaytirah) District ( ar-at, منطقة القنيطرة, manṭiqat al-Qunayṭrah) is one of the two districts of the Quneitra Governorate in southern Syria. It is the northern of the two districts, with Fiq District to the s ...
(4 sub-districts)
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Fiq District (2 sub-districts)
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 ...
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Markaz Rif Dimashq District
Markaz Rif Dimashq District ( ar-at, منطقة مركز ريف دمشق, manṭiqat Markaz Rif Dimašq) or Damascus Central Countryside District is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate
Rif Dimashq Governorate ( ar, محافظة ريف د� ...
(6 sub-districts)
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Darayya District
Darayya District ( ar-at, منطقة داريا, manṭiqat Dārayyā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Darayya
Darayya ( ar, دَارَيَّا, Dārayyā) is a suburb o ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Douma District (7 sub-districts; a.k.a. Duma)
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An-Nabek District
an-Nabek District ( ar-at, منطقة النبك, manṭiqat an-Nabek) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of an-Nabek
An-Nabek or Al-Nabek ( ar, ٱلنَّبْك, an-Nabk) is a Syr ...
(3 sub-districts; a.k.a. Al-Nabk)
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Qatana District
Qatana District ( ar-at, منطقة قطنا, minṭaqat Qaṭana) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
The district is located just to the east of Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل ح� ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Qudsaya District
Qudsaya District ( ar-at, منطقة قدسيا, manṭiqat Qudsaya) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
Qudsaya District is located to the northwest of the Damascus Governorate and Mount Qasioun, covering the northw ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Al-Qutayfah District (4 sub-districts)
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Al-Tall District
al-Tall District ( ar-at, منطقة التل, manṭiqat al-Tall) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Yabroud District
Yabroud District ( ar-at, منطقة يبرود, manṭiqat Yabrūd) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Yabroud
Yabroud or Yabrud ( ar, يَبْرُود, Yabrūd) is a city in ...
(2 sub-districts; a.k.a. Yabrud)
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Al-Zabadani District
al-Zabadani District ( ar-at, منطقة الزبداني, manṭiqat al-Zabadani) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of al-Zabadani. At the 2004 census, the district had a populati ...
(3 sub-districts)
* - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Markaz Rif Dimashq District and parts of Al-Zabadani District
As-Suwayda Governorate
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As-Suwayda District
as-Suwayda District ( ar-at, منطقة السويداء, manṭiqat as-Suwaydā’) is a district of the as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of as-Suwayda
As-Suwayda ( ar, ٱلسُّوَيْدَاء ...
(3 sub-districts)
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Salkhad District
Salkhad District ( ar-at, منطقة صلخد, manṭiqat Ṣalḫad) is a district of the As-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Salkhad
Salkhad ( ar, صَلْخَد, Ṣalḫad) is a Syrian city in the ...
(5 sub-districts)
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Shahba District (4 sub-districts)
See also
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List of cities in Syria
The country of Syria is administratively subdivided into 14 governorates, which are sub-divided into 65 districts, which are further divided into 284 sub-districts. Each of the governorates and districts has its own centre or capital city, exc ...
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List of towns and villages in Syria
Daraa Governorate
Daraa District
* Bosra
* Da'el
* Saham al-Jawlan
Izra' District
* Hirak
Al-Sanamayn District
* Burraq
* al-Harrah
* Inkhil
* Jassem
* Kafr Shams
* Khabab
* Tubna
Homs Governorate
Homs District
* Al-Riqama
* Fairouzeh ...
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Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War
This page provides maps and a list of cities and towns during the Syrian civil war.
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Syria is subdivided in a hierarchical manner into 14 Governorates (or G.) and 65 Districts
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References
External links
Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria*
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