Al-Rastan District Explained

ar-Rastan District
Native Name:	منطقة الرستن
Native Name Lang:	ar
Settlement Type:	District
Mapsize:	250x250px
Coor Pinpoint:	ar-Rastan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Homs
Parts Type:	Subdistricts
Parts Style:	para
P1:	2 nawāḥī
Seat:	ar-Rastan
Geocode:	SY0404
Area Total Km2:	290.72
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	128055
Population As Of:	2004
Population Density Km2:	auto

Ar-Rastan District (Arabic: منطقة الرستن|[[mantiqah|manṭiqat]] ar-Rastan) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Rastan. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 127,806.

Sub-districts

The district of ar-Rastan is divided into two sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

Al-Rastan Subdistrict (ناحية الرستن): population 64,271.^[2]
Talbiseh Subdistrict (ناحية تلبيسة): population 63,784.^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: 2004 Census Data . . 15 October 2015.
Web site: Al-Rastan nahiyah population . https://archive.today/20130112185055/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-18-2004.htm . dead . 2013-01-12 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .
Web site: Talbiseh nahiyah population . https://archive.today/20130112201713/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-19-2004.htm . dead . 2013-01-12 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .