Izra District () is a

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'') administratively belonging to

Daraa Governorate Daraa Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the south-west of the country and covers an area of 2594 km2. It is bordered by Jordan to the south, Quneitra G ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 246,804. Its

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is the city of Izra.

Sub-districts

The district of Izra is divided into six sub-districts, or '' nawāḥī'' (population according to 2004 official census): * Izra Subdistrict (): population 56,760. * Jasim Subdistrict (): population 39,624. * Al-Hirak Subdistrict (): population 40,979. * Nawa Subdistrict (): population 57,404. * Al-Shaykh Subdistrict (): population 34,370. * Tasil Subdistrict (): population 17,778.Tasil nahiyah population
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References

Districts of Daraa Governorate {{DaraaSY-geo-stub