Douma District Explained

Douma District
Native Name:منطقة دوما
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:250x250px
Coor Pinpoint:Douma
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Rif Dimashq
Parts Type:Subdistricts
Parts Style:para
P1:7 nawāḥī
Seat:Douma
Geocode:SY0302
Area Total Km2:19875.92
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:433719
Population As Of:2004
Population Density Km2:auto

Douma District (Arabic: منطقة دوما|[[mantiqah|manṭiqat]] Dūmā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.

The second largest district of Syria following Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metropolitan Damascus to the Jordanian border, covering large swaths of the sparsely inhabited Syrian Desert. The administrative centre is the city of Douma, located just some 10km (10miles) to the northeast of Damascus.

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 433,719.

Subdistricts

The district of Douma is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population):

+ Subdistricts of Douma DistrictCode Name Area Population
SY030200Douma Subdistrictalign=right km²align=right
SY030201Harasta Subdistrictalign=right km²
SY030202Al-Sabe' Biyar Subdistrict km²
SY030203Al-Dumayr Subdistrict km²
SY030204Al-Nashabiyah Subdistrict km²
SY030205Al-Ghizlaniyah Subdistrict km²
SY030206Harran al-Awamid Subdistrict km²

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . . ar . 15 October 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115353/http://www.cbssyr.sy/General%20census/census%202004/pop-man.pdf . 8 December 2015 .
    Also available in English: Web site: 2004 Census Data . . 15 October 2015 .