Manbij District Explained

Manbij District
Native Name:منطقة منبج
Native Name Lang:ar
Type:District
Mapsize:250x250px
Map Alt:Manbij District in Syria
Coor Pinpoint:Manbij
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Aleppo
Subdivision Type2:District
Parts Type:Subdistricts
Parts Style:para
P1:5 nawāḥī
Established Title:Established
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Manbij
Elevation Point:Manbij
Population:408143
Population Density Km2:auto
Population As Of:2004
Population Footnotes:[1]
Area Code Type:Area code
Geocode:SY0205

Manbij District (Arabic: منطقة منبج|[[mantiqah|manṭiqat]] Manbiǧ) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Manbij. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 408,143.

A 2019 report has estimated the population of Manbij district at 450,000 with 80% of the population being Arab, 15% Kurdish and 5% Turkmen and Circassian.[2]

Sub-districts

The district of Manbij is divided into five subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

+ Subdistricts of Manbij DistrictCode Name Area Population Seat
SY020500Manbij Subdistrictalign=right rowspan=2 km²align=right rowspan=2 Manbij
Abu Kahf SubdistrictAbu Kahf
SY020501Abu Qilqil Subdistrictalign=right km²align=right Abu Qilqil
SY020502al-Khafsah Subdistrictalign=right km²align=right al-Khafsah
SY020503Maskanah Subdistrictalign=right km²align=right Maskanah

The Abu Kahf Subdistrict was separated from the Manbij Subdistrict in 2009.[3]

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 .
  2. Web site: Balanche. Fabrice. For Assad, Manbij Is the Key to East Syria . . en. 5 February 2019 . 20 December 2020.
  3. Web site: احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية . Al-Jamahir . 25 February 2009 . Aleppo . 25 January 2016 . ar.