Salkhad District

Salkhad District (Arabic: منطقة صلخد‎, romanized: manṭiqat Ṣalḫad) is a district of the As-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Salkhad. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 60,375.[1]

Salkhad District منطقة صلخد
District
Map of Salkhad District within as-Suwayda Governorate
Coordinates (Salkhad): 32.4917°N 36.7111°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	as-Suwayda
Seat	Salkhad
Subdistricts	5 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	1,779.92 km^2 (687.23 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	60,375
• Density	34/km^2 (88/sq mi)
Geocode	SY1302

Sub-districts

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

Subdistricts of Salkhad District

Code	Name	Area	Population
SY130200	Salkhad Subdistrict	km²	24,045
SY130201	al-Qrayya Subdistrict	130.56 km²	9,892
SY130202	al-Ghariyah Subdistrict	86.48 km²	5,923
SY130203	Thaybin Subdistrict	144.65 km²	6,900
SY130204	Malah Subdistrict	972.25 km²	13,615

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. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.