Shahba District

Shahba District (Arabic: منطقة شهبا, romanized: manṭiqat Šahbā) is a district of the as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Shahba. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 71,949.[1]

Shahba District
منطقة شهبا
Map of Shahba' District within as-Suwayda Governorate
Map of Shahba' District within as-Suwayda Governorate
Coordinates (Shahba): 32.8542°N 36.6292°E / 32.8542; 36.6292
Country Syria
Governorateas-Suwayda
SeatShahba
Subdistricts4 nawāḥī
Area
  Total1,773.13 km2 (684.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
  Total71,949
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
GeocodeSY1303

Sub-districts

The district of Shahba is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

Subdistricts of Shahba District
CodeNameAreaPopulation
SY130300 Shahba Subdistrict 263.88 km2 31,657
SY130301 Shaqqa Subdistrict 731.29 km2 15,849
SY130302 al-Ariqah Subdistrict 204.20 km2 11,723
SY130303 al-Surah al-Saghirah Subdistrict 573.76 km2 12,720

See also

References

  1. "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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