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.
The district of Douma is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population):
+ Subdistricts of Douma District | Code | Name | Area | Population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SY030200 | Douma Subdistrict | align=right | km² | align=right | |
SY030201 | Harasta Subdistrict | align=right | km² | ||
SY030202 | Al-Sabe' Biyar Subdistrict | km² | |||
SY030203 | Al-Dumayr Subdistrict | km² | |||
SY030204 | Al-Nashabiyah Subdistrict | km² | |||
SY030205 | Al-Ghizlaniyah Subdistrict | km² | |||
SY030206 | Harran al-Awamid Subdistrict | km² |