List of cities in Syria

Syria has fourteen governorates, or muhafazat (singular: muhafazah). According to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria, there are sixty districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah) in Syria, which are further divided into 206 subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahia). Every governorate has a capital city, and every district has its own capital or center city. There are 84 cities and 6432 towns/villages in Syria. Below is a list of the cities in Syria.

Governorate capital cities

See also: Governorates of Syria

Damascus

Quneitra

Daraa

Al-Suwayda

Homs

Tartus

Latakia

Hama

Idlib

Aleppo

Al-Raqqah

Deir ez-Zor

Al-Hasakah

English Name	Arabic Name	Governorate Name	Population
Tartus	طرطوس	Tartus Governorate	98,000
Latakia	اللاذقية	Latakia Governorate	650,558
Damascus	دمشق وريف دمشق	Damascus and Rif Dimashq	1,711,000
Aleppo	حلب	Aleppo Governorate	2,301,570
Homs	حمص	Homs Governorate	1,267,000
Hama	حماه	Hama Governorate	790,000
Idlib	ادلب	Idlib Governorate	200,000
As-Suwayda	السويداء	As-Suwayda Governorate	63,324
Daraa	درعا	Daraa Governorate	177,200
Quneitra	القنيطرة	Quneitra Governorate	40,000
Deir ez-Zor	دير الزور	Deir ez-Zor Governorate	511,000
Al-Hasakah	الحسكة	Al-Hasakah Governorate	81,809
Ar-Raqqah	الرقة	Ar-Raqqah Governorate	191,784

All of the 14 governorates of Syria have capital cities except Damascus, which is considered the capital city of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. The governorate capital cities are also the capital cities of the districts they belong to.

District capital cities

See also: Districts of Syria

Amongst the 60 district capital cities, 13 capital cities are also governorate capital cities. Damascus is a governorate and a city. This means that besides the 13 governorate capital cities, there are 47 other district capital cities.

Districts of Syria

  Al-Hasakah Governorate

  Deir ez-Zor Governorate

  Ar-Raqqah Governorate

  Aleppo Governorate

  Idlib Governorate

  Latakia Governorate

  Tartus Governorate

  Hama Governorate

  Homs Governorate

  Damascus and Rif Dimashq

  As-Suwayda Governorate

  Daraa Governorate

  Quneitra Governorate

English Name	Arabic Name	Governorate Name	Population
'Ayn al-'Arab	عين العرب	Aleppo Governorate	54,681
Al-Bukamal	أبو كمال	Deir ez-Zor Governorate	66,589
Afrin	عفرين	Aleppo Governorate	80,000
Al-Bab	الباب	Aleppo Governorate	144,705
Al-Haffah	الحفة	Latakia Governorate	17,921
Al-Malikiyah	المالكية	Al-Hasakah Governorate	18,814
Al-Mukharram	المخرم	Homs Governorate	9,640
Al-Qamishli	القامشلي	Al-Hasakah Governorate	232,258
Al-Qusayr	القصير	Homs Governorate	44,395
Al-Qutayfah	القطيفة	Rif Dimashq Governorate	16,360
An Nabk	النبك	Rif Dimashq Governorate	52,502
Arihah	أريحة	Idlib Governorate	55,017
Al-Rastan	الرستن	Homs Governorate	59,000
As Safirah	السفيرة	Aleppo Governorate	106,382
Al-Sanamayn	الصنمين	Daraa Governorate	27,351
Al-Suqaylabiyah	السقيلبيه	Hama Governorate	17,313
Ash-Shaykh Badr	الشيخ بدر	Tartus Governorate	47,982
Al-Tall	التل	Rif Dimashq Governorate	59,869
Al-Thawrah	الثورة	Ar-Raqqah Governorate	65,000
Azaz	أعزاز	Aleppo Governorate	66,138
Baniyas	بانياس	Tartus Governorate	42,128
Darayya	داريا	Rif Dimashq Governorate	75,134
Duma	دوما	Rif Dimashq Governorate	117,679
Drekish	دريكيش	Tartus Governorate	11,918
Fiq	فيق	Al-Qunaytirah Governorate	2,000
Harem	حارم	Idlib Governorate	21,934
Izra'	ازرع	Daraa Governorate	14,772
Jableh	جبلة	Latakia Governorate	80,000
Jarabulus	جرابلس	Aleppo Governorate	25,705
Jisr ash-Shugur	جسر الشغور	Idlib Governorate	44,322
Maarrat al-Numan	معرة النعمان	Idlib Governorate	90,000
Manbij	منبج	Aleppo Governorate	68,888
Masyaf	مصياف	Hama Governorate	37,109
Mayadin	الميادين	Deir ez-Zor Governorate	61,000
Mhardeh	محردة	Hama Governorate	22,442
Qardaha	القرداحة	Latakia Governorate	17,701
Qatana	قطنا	Rif Dimashq Governorate	18,465
Ra's al-'Ayn	رأس العين	Al-Hasakah Governorate	55,247
Palmyra	تدمر	Homs Governorate	56,000
Safita	صا فيتا	Tartus Governorate	33,000
Salamiyah	سلمية	Hama Governorate	200,000
Salkhad	صلخد	As-Suwayda Governorate	15,000
Shahba	شهبا	As-Suwayda Governorate	16,000
Tal Abyad	تل أبيض	Ar-Raqqah Governorate	12,490
Talkalakh	تلكلخ	Homs Governorate	31,479
Yabrud	يبرود	Rif Dimashq Governorate	50,000
Zabadani	الزبداني	Rif Dimashq Governorate	29,549

Other cities

Of the 84 cities in Syria, there are 60 district capital cities. The remaining 24 cities in Syria are listed below.

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See also

• Governorates of Syria
• Districts of Syria
• List of towns and villages in Syria