Qatana District ( ar-at, منطقة قطنا,
minṭaqat Qaṭana) 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 county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
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.
The district is located just to the east of
Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon ( ar, جبل الشيخ or جبل حرمون / ALA-LC: ''Jabal al-Shaykh'' ("Mountain of the Sheikh") or ''Jabal Haramun''; he, הַר חֶרְמוֹן, ''Har Hermon'') is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of th ...
.
Administrative centre is the city of
Qatana. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 207,245.
Sub-districts
The district of Qatana is divided into three sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
Localities in Qatana District
According to the
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the following villages, towns and cities make up the district of Qatana:
References
Districts of Rif Dimashq Governorate
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