As-Safira District
Template:Infobox Syrian district
as-Safira District (Arabic: منطقة السفيرة, romanized: manṭiqat as-Safīrah) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of as-Safira. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 178,293.[1]
The main towns are as-Safira and Khanasir. The main economic activity is agriculture. Since ancient times, as-Safira was a fertile area where grains and other crops were harvested.
Sub-districts
The district of as-Safira is divided into five sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):
Code | Name | Area | Population | Seat |
---|---|---|---|---|
SY020700 | as-Safira Nahiya | 846.37 km² | 132,658 | as-Safira |
Tell Aran Nahiya | Tell Aran | |||
SY020701 | Khanasir Nahiya | 1,603.98 km² | 17,618 | Khanasir |
SY020702 | Banan Nahiya | 140.06 km² | 17,193 | Banan |
SY020703 | al-Hajib Nahiya | 260.16 km² | 10,408 | al-Hajib |
In 2009, the northwestern area around the majority Kurdish city of Tell Aran was spun off al-Safira Nahiya to establish Tell Aran Nahiya.[2]
References
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "احداث منطقتي دير حافر والاتارب تعزيزاً لمسيرة التنمية". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.