As-Suwayda District

as-Suwayda District (Arabic: منطقة السويداء‎, romanized: manṭiqat as-Suwaydā’) is a district of the as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of as-Suwayda. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 180,907.[1]

as-Suwayda District منطقة السويداء
District
Map of as-Suwayda District within as-Suwayda Governorate
Coordinates (as-Suwayda): 32.7°N 36.57°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	as-Suwayda
Seat	as-Suwayda
Subdistricts	3 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	2,804.22 km^2 (1,082.72 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	180,907
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Geocode	SY1300

Sub-districts

The district of as-Suwayda is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

Subdistricts of as-Suwayda District

Code	Name	Area	Population
SY130000	as-Suwayda Subdistrict	691.13 km²	212,463
SY130001	al-Mazraa Subdistrict	202.53 km²	16,627
SY130002	al-Mushannaf Subdistrict	1,910.57 km²	17,134

See also

• List of populated places in as-Suwayda Governorate

References

1. "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.