Taldou District Explained

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.

Sub-districts

The district of Taldou is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004 Census Data . . 15 October 2015.
  2. Web site: The formation of Taldou District . 2013-11-17 . 2014-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182430/http://ouruba.alwehda.gov.sy/__archives.asp?FileName=81106303420100509223149 . dead .
  3. Web site: Taldou nahiyah population . Cbssyr.org . 2012-06-19 . dead . https://archive.today/20120729035658/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-2-2004.htm . 2012-07-29 .
  4. Web site: Kabu nahiyah population . https://archive.today/20121220184336/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-11-2004.htm . dead . 2012-12-20 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-06-19 .