As-Safira District
as-Safira District منطقة السفيرة | |
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District | |
Location of as-Safira District within Aleppo Governorate | |
Coordinates (as-Safira): 37°04′N 37°22′E / 37.07°N 37.37°ECoordinates: 37°04′N 37°22′E / 37.07°N 37.37°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Aleppo |
Seat | as-Safira |
Subdistricts | 5 nawāḥī |
Area | |
• Total | 2,850.56 km2 (1,100.61 sq mi) |
Population (2004)[1] | 178,293 |
Geocode | SY0207 |
as-Safira District (Arabic: منطقة السفيرة, translit. manṭiqat as-Safīrah) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of as-Safira. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 178,293.[1]
The main towns are as-Safira and Khanasir. The main economic activity is agriculture. Since ancient times, as-Safira was a fertile area where grains and other crops were harvested.
Sub-districts
The district of as-Safira is divided into five sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):
Code | Name | Area | Population | Seat |
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SY020700 | as-Safira Nahiya | 846.37 km² | 132,658 | as-Safira |
Tell Aran Nahiya | Tell Aran | |||
SY020701 | Khanasir Nahiya | 1,603.98 km² | 17,618 | Khanasir |
SY020702 | Banan Nahiya | 140.06 km² | 17,193 | Banan |
SY020703 | al-Hajib Nahiya | 260.16 km² | 10,408 | al-Hajib |
In 2009, the northwestern area around the majority Kurdish city of Tell Aran was spun off al-Safira Nahiya to establish Tell Aran Nahiya.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "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.
- ↑ "احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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