Quneitra District

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Quneitra District
منطقة القنيطرة
Map of Quneitra District within Quneitra Governorate. Quneitra District is in yellow.
Map of Quneitra District within Quneitra Governorate. Quneitra District is in yellow.
Country Syria
GovernorateQuneitra
SeatQuneitra
Subdistricts4 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total1,312.57 km2 (506.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total64,680
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
GeocodeSY1400

Quneitra (or al-Qunaytirah) District (Arabic: منطقة القنيطرة, romanizedmanṭiqat al-Qunayṭrah) is a district of the Quneitra Governorate in southern Syria. Part of the district has been occupied by Israel since 1967, part has been in the Area of Separation of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force Zone since 1974, and part is under Syrian control.

Administrative centre is the city of Quneitra. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 64,680.[1]

Sub-districts

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

Subdistricts of Quneitra District
Code Name Area Population
SY140000 Quneitra nahiyah 332.75 km² 4,318
SY140001 Jabta El-Hashab nahiyah 368.68 km² 42,980
SY140002 Hushnia nahiyah 346.15 km² 17,382
SY140003 Massade nahiyah 264.99 km² 0

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.