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The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), of Syria are divided into sixty-one districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus. The districts are further divided into 206 subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahiya).[1] The district bears the same name as the 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.
The districts (other than Damascus) are listed below, by governorate (with capital districts in bold text). The City of Damascus is a separate governorate but is included below with the surrounding Rif Dimashq governorate. Note that parts that used to be under the Quneitra governorate are under Israeli control since 1967 (see Golan Heights).
List of districts
Al-Hasakah Governorate
Aleppo Governorate
- 'Ayn al-'Arab District
- Afrin District
- Al Bab District
- Al-Safirah District
- A'zaz District
- Jabal Sam'an District
- Jarabulus District
- Manbij District
Ar-Raqqah Governorate
- Ar-Raqqah District
- Al-Thawrah District
- Tal Abyad District
- Banda Falaq District(New Capital)
As-Suwayda Governorate
Daraa Governorate
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Hama Governorate
Homs Governorate
- Al-Mukharram District
- Al-Qusayr District
- Ar-Rastan District
- Homs District
- Palmyra District
- Talkalakh District
Idlib Governorate
Latakia Governorate
Quneitra Governorate
Rif Dimashq
- Al-Qutayfah District
- Al-Nabk District
- Al-Tall District
- Darayya District
- Markaz Rif Dimashq District
- Duma District
- Qatana District
- Yabrud District
- Zabadani District
Madinah Dimashq
Tartus Governorate
See also
References
- ^ "Syria Description 2003" (in Arabic). Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria. Archived from the original on 2007-07-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070703170121/http://www.cbssyr.org/Description2003.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
External links
- Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria
- Syria's Local Government System profiles of people and institutions provided by the Arab Decision project
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