Safita District

Safita District (Arabic: منطقة صافيتا‎, romanized: manṭiqat Ṣāfītā) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Safita. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 129,632.[2]

Safita District منطقة صافيتا
District
Map of Safita District within Tartus Governorate
Coordinates (Safita): 34°49′N 36°07′E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
Seat	Safita
Subdistricts	6 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	355.75 km^2 (137.36 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	129,632
• Density	360/km^2 (940/sq mi)
Geocode	SY1003

Sub-districts

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

• Safita Subdistrict (ناحية صافيتا): population 60,172.[3]
• Mashta al-Helu Subdistrict (ناحية مشتى الحلو): population 12,577.[4]
• Al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict (ناحية البارقية): population 7,336.[5]
• Sebei Subdistrict (ناحية سبة): population 7,614.[6]
• Al-Sisiniyah Subdistrict (ناحية السيسنية): population 22,018.[7]
• Ras al-Khashufah Subdistrict (ناحية رأس الخشوفة): population 19,915.[8]

References

1. "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. 2004 official census Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Safita nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
4. "Mashta al-Helu nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
5. "Al-Bariqiyah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
6. "Sebei nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
7. "Al-Saisiniyah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
8. "Ras al-Khashufah nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Retrieved 2012-07-02.