Taldou District | |
Native Name: | منطقة تلدو |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 250x250px |
Coor Pinpoint: | Taldou |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Homs |
Seat: | Taldou |
Parts Type: | Subdistricts |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 3 nawāḥī |
Area Total Km2: | 264.1 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 90139 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Geocode: | SY0407 |
Taldou District (Arabic: منطقة تلدو|[[mantiqah|manṭiqat]] Taldou) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the town of Taldou.[2] The Northwestern Quadrant of the District is within Wadi al-Nasara, an Antiochian Greek Orthodox population region and cultural area. Krak Des Chevaliers, a famous Crusader Castle, is in the northwesternmost edge of the district.
The district was formed in 2010 from three sub-districts formerly belonging to Homs District. At the 2004 census, these sub-districts had a total population of 90,139.
The district of Taldou is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):