Mount Simeon (district)

Mount Simeon (district)

Mount Simeon (Arabic: منطقة جبل سمعان‎ Ğabal Sam'ān), also known as Jabal Sam'an, is a district (mantiqah) of the Aleppo Governorate in Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 2,490,751. Its centre is Aleppo, the capital of the governorate and the most populous city in Syria.

Divisions

The district of Mount Simeon contains seven Nāḥiyas:

  • Center of Mount Simeon (مركز جبل سمعان): contains 24 villages and 31 farms.
  • Ḥuraytān (حريتان)
  • Zarbah (الزربة)
  • Dārat ʻazzah (دارة عزة)
  • Ḥāḍir (الحاضر)
  • Zammār (زمار)
  • Tall Ḍamān (تل الضمان)

Until December 2008, the district of Atāreb was part of Mount Simeon District.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Al-Jamahir newspaper (Arabic)
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Aleppo Governorate
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