Tartus District Explained

Tartus District
Native Name:	منطقة طرطوس
Native Name Lang:	ar
Settlement Type:	District
Mapsize:	250x250px
Coor Pinpoint:	Tartus
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Governorate
Subdivision Name1:	Tartus
Seat:	Tartus
Parts Type:	Subdistricts
Parts Style:	para
P1:	7 nawāḥī
Area Total Km2:	536.71
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	283571
Population As Of:	2004
Population Density Km2:	auto
Geocode:	SY1000

Tartus District (Arabic: منطقة طرطوس|[[mantiqah|manṭiqat]] Ṭarṭūs) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tartus. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 283,571.

Sub-districts

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

• Tartus Subdistrict (ناحية طرطوس): population 162,980.^[2]
• Arwad Subdistrict (ناحية أرواد): population 4,403.^[3]
• Al-Hamidiyah Subdistrict (ناحية الحميدية): population 20,309.^[4]
• Khirbet al-Maazah Subdistrict (ناحية خربة المعزة): population 22,897.^[5]
• Al-Sawda Subdistrict (ناحية السودا): population 32,295.^[6]
• Al-Karimah Subdistrict (ناحية الكريمة): population 17,271.^[7]
• Al-Safsafah Subdistrict (ناحية صفصافة): population 23,416.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004 Census Data . . 15 October 2015.
2. Web site: Tartus nahiyah population . https://archive.today/20120801104706/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-1-2004.htm . dead . 2012-08-01 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .
3. Web site: Arwad nahiyah population . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 . dead . https://archive.today/20121228011130/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-2-2004.htm . 2012-12-28 .
4. Web site: Al-Hamidiyah nahiyah population . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 . dead . https://archive.today/20130112120459/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-3-2004.htm . 2013-01-12 .
5. Web site: Khirbet al-Ma'zah nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191215060301/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-4-2004.htm . dead . December 15, 2019 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .
6. Web site: Al-Sauda nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216011535/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-5-2004.htm . dead . December 16, 2019 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .
7. Web site: Al-Karimah nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191214075526/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-6-2004.htm . dead . December 14, 2019 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .
8. Web site: Safsafeh nahiyah population . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217052649/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-7-2004.htm . dead . December 17, 2019 . Cbssyr.org . 2012-07-01 .