Mount Simeon District

Mount Simeon District
منطقة جبل سمعان
District
Mount Simeon District in Syria
Location of Mount Simeon District within Aleppo Governorate
Mount Simeon District is located in Syria
Mount Simeon District
Mount Simeon District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Aleppo): 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.22°N 37.17°E / 36.22; 37.17
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
SeatAleppo
Subdistricts7 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total
2,757.27 km2 (1,064.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
2,413,878
GeocodeSY0200

Mount Simeon District (Arabic: منطقة جبل سمعان, romanized: manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Aleppo.

Until December 2008, the sub-district of Atāreb was part of Mount Simeon District before being incorporated as a separate district.[2] At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 2,413,878.[1]

Sub-districts

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

Subdistricts of Mount Simeon District
Code Name Area Population Seat Location
SY020000 Mount Simeon Subdistrict 663.95 km² 2,181,061 Aleppo
SY020002 Tell ad-Daman Subdistrict 1,146.95 km² 47,501 Tell al-Daman
SY020003 Haritan Subdistrict 232.76 km² 67,745 Haritan
SY020004 Darat Izza Subdistrict 227.49 km² 39,540 Darat Izza
SY020005 al-Zirbah Subdistrict 354.79 km² 55,391 al-Zirbah
Zammar Subdistrict Zammar
SY020006 Hadher Subdistrict 131.33 km² 20,834 Al-Hadher

Zammar Subdistrict was separated from al-Zirbah Subdistrict in 2009.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ "إحداث منطقتي دير حافر والأتارب سيساهم في النهضة التنموية بالمحافظة". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ^ "احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.