List of cities in Syria

Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria, there are sixty districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah) in Syria, which are further divided into 206 subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahia).^[1] Every governorate has a capital city, and every district has its own capital or center city. There are 84 cities and 6432 towns/villages in Syria.^[1] Below is a list of the cities in Syria.

Governorate capital cities

See also: Governorates of Syria

Damascus

Quneitra

Daraa

Al-Suwayda

Homs

Tartus

Latakia

Hama

Idlib

Aleppo

Al-Raqqah

Deir ez-Zor

Al-Hasakah

English Name	Arabic Name	Governorate Name	Population
Tartus	طرطوس	Tartus Governorate	93,054
Latakia	اللاذقية	Latakia Governorate	554,000
Damascus	دمشق وريف دمشق	Damascus and Rif Dimashq	1,600,000
Aleppo	حلب	Aleppo Governorate	1,700,000
Homs	حمص	Homs Governorate	1,033,000
Hama	حماه	Hama Governorate	790,000
Idlib	ادلب	Idlib Governorate	55,000
As-Suwayda	السويداء	As-Suwayda Governorate	87,000
Daraa	درعا	Daraa Governorate	75,000
Quneitra	القنيطرة	Quneitra Governorate	37,000
Deir ez-Zor	دير الزور	Deir ez-Zor Governorate	133,000
Al-Hasakah	الحسكة	Al-Hasakah Governorate	82,000
Ar-Raqqah	الرقة	Ar-Raqqah Governorate	188,000

All of the 14 governorates of Syria have capital cities except Damascus, which is considered the capital city of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. The governorate capital cities are also the capital cities of the districts they belong to.

District capital cities

See also: Districts of Syria

Amongst the 60 district capital cities, 13 capital cities are also governorate capital cities. Damascus is a governorate and a city. This means that besides the 13 governorate capital cities, there are 47 other district capital cities.

Districts of Syria

  Al-Hasakah Governorate

  Deir ez-Zor Governorate

  Ar-Raqqah Governorate

  Aleppo Governorate

  Idlib Governorate

  Latakia Governorate

  Tartus Governorate

  Hama Governorate

  Homs Governorate

  Damascus and Rif Dimashq

  As-Suwayda Governorate

  Daraa Governorate

  Quneitra Governorate

English Name	Arabic Name	Governorate Name	Population
'Ayn al-'Arab	عين العرب	Aleppo Governorate	55,000
Abu Kamal	أبو كمال	Deir ez-Zor Governorate	64000
Afrin	عفرين	Aleppo Governorate	80,000
Al-Bab	الباب	Aleppo Governorate	145,000
Al-Haffah	الحفة	Latakia Governorate	18,000
Al-Malikiyah	المالكية	Al-Hasakah Governorate	19,000
Al-Mukharram	المخرم	Homs Governorate	10,000
Al Qamishli	القامشلي	Al-Hasakah Governorate	88,000
Al-Qusayr	القصير	Homs Governorate	45,000
Al-Qutayfah	القطيفة	Rif Dimashq Governorate	17,000
Al-Nabk	النبك	Rif Dimashq Governorate	53,000
Arihah	أريحة	Idlib Governorate	55,000
Al-Rastan	الرستن	Homs Governorate	59,000
Al-Safirah	السفيرة	Aleppo Governorate	107,000
Al-Sanamayn	الصنمين	Daraa Governorate	28,000
Al-Suqaylabiyah	السقيلبيه	Hama Governorate	18,000
Al-Shaykh Badr	الشيخ بدر	Tartus Governorate	48,000
Al-Tall	التل	Rif Dimashq Governorate	60,000
Al-Thawrah	الثورة	Ar-Raqqah Governorate	65,000
A'zaz	أعزاز	Aleppo Governorate	64,000
Baniyas	بانياس	Tartus Governorate	42,000
Darayya	داريا	Rif Dimashq Governorate	76,000
Duma	دوما	Rif Dimashq Governorate	118,000
Duraykish	دريكيش	Tartus Governorate	13,000
Fiq	فيق	Al-Qunaytirah Governorate	6,000
Harem	حارم	Idlib Governorate	22,000
Izra'	ازرع	Daraa Governorate	15,000
Jableh	جبلة	Latakia Governorate	71,000
Jarabulus	جرابلس	Aleppo Governorate	26,000
Jisr ash-Shugur	جسر الشغور	Idlib Governorate	42,000
Ma'arrat al-Numan	معرة النعمان	Idlib Governorate	81,000
Manbij	منبج	Aleppo Governorate	72,000
Masyaf	مصياف	Hama Governorate	35,000
Mayadin	الميادين	Deir ez-Zor Governorate	61,000
Muhardeh	محردة	Hama Governorate	22,000
Qardaha	القرداحة	Latakia Governorate	17,000
Qatana	قطنا	Rif Dimashq Governorate	19,000
Palmyra	تدمر	Homs Governorate	56,000
Ra's al-'Ayn	رأس العين	Al-Hasakah Governorate	24,000
Safita	صا فيتا	Tartus Governorate	30,000
Salamiyah	سلمية	Hama Governorate	103,000
Salkhad	صلخد	As-Suwayda Governorate	15,000
Shahba	شهبا	As-Suwayda Governorate	16,000
Tal Abyad	تل أبيض	Ar-Raqqah Governorate	13,000
Talkalakh	تلكلخ	Homs Governorate	32,000
Yabrud	يبرود	Rif Dimashq Governorate	43,000
Zabadani	الزبداني	Rif Dimashq Governorate	31,000

Other cities

Of the 84 cities in Syria, there are 60 district capital cities. The remaining 24 cities in Syria are listed below.

English Name	Arabic Name	Governorate Name	Population
Al-Darbasiyah	الدرباسية	Al-Hasakah Governorate	22,247
Al-Hajar al-Aswad	الحجر الأسود	Rif Dimashq Governorate	96,419
Binnish	بنش	Idlib Governorate	34,831
Bosra	بصرى	Daraa Governorate
Dayr 'Atiyah	دير عطية	Rif Dimashq Governorate	20,000 est.
Harasta	حرستا	Rif Dimashq Governorate	38,184
Jaramanah	جرمانا	Rif Dimashq Governorate
Kafr Nabl	كفرنبل	Idlib Governorate	26,774
Khan Shaykhun	خان شيخون	Idlib Governorate	52,972
Ma'arrat Misrin	معرة مصرين	Idlib Governorate	34,788
Nawa	نوى	Daraa Governorate	59,170
Salqin	سلقين	Idlib Governorate	34,187
Saraqib	سراقب	Idlib Governorate	37,025
Saidnaya	صيدنايا	Rif Dimashq Governorate

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See also

• Governorates of Syria
• Districts of Syria
• List of towns and villages in Syria

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Administrative divisions" (in Arabic). Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria. Archived from the original on 2007-03-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070329153050/http://www.cbssyr.org/aindex.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-05.