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The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus. The districts are further divided into 281 subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahiya).^[1] Each district bears the same name as its district capital.

Districts and subdistricts are administered by officials appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the minister of the interior. These officials work with elected district councils to attend to assorted local needs, and serve as intermediaries between central government authority and traditional local leaders, such as village chiefs, clan leaders, and councils of elders.

List of districts edit

The 65 districts are listed below by governorate (with capital districts in bold text). The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. Parts of Quneitra Governorate have been under Israeli occupation since 1967 (see Golan Heights).

Districts of Syria

Aleppo Governorate

Damascus Governorate

Daraa Governorate

Deir ez-Zor Governorate

Hama Governorate

Al-Hasakah Governorate

Rif Dimashq Governorate

As-Suwayda Governorate

Tartus Governorate

Central Syria edit

Hama Governorate edit

Hama

Hama District (4 sub-districts)
Masyaf District (3 sub-districts)
Mahardah District (5 sub-districts, a.k.a. Mhardeh, Muhardeh)
Salamiyah District (5 sub-districts)
Al-Suqaylabiyah District (5 sub-districts)

Homs Governorate edit

Homs

Homs District (10 sub-districts)
Al-Mukharram District (2 sub-districts)
Al-Qusayr District (2 sub-districts)
Ar-Rastan District (2 sub-districts)
Tadmur District (2 sub-districts)
Taldou District (3 sub-districts)^*
Talkalakh District (4 sub-districts)

^* - a newly created district since 2010, formerly belonging to Homs District

Latakia Governorate edit

Latakia

Jableh

Qardaha

Al-Haffah

Latakia District (7 sub-districts)
Al-Haffah District (5 sub-districts)
Jableh District (6 sub-districts)
Qardaha District (4 sub-districts)

Tartus Governorate edit

Tartus

Tartus District (7 sub-districts)
Baniyas District (7 sub-districts)
Duraykish District (4 sub-districts)
Safita District (6 sub-districts)
Al-Shaykh Badr District (3 sub-districts)

North East Syria edit

Aleppo Governorate edit

Aleppo

Mount Simeon District (7 sub-districts)^*
Afrin District (7 sub-districts)
Atarib District (3 sub-districts)^**
Ayn al-Arab District (4 sub-districts)
Azaz District (6 sub-districts)
Al-Bab District (4 sub-districts)
Dayr Hafir District (3 sub-districts)^**
Jarabulus District (2 sub-districts)
Manbij District (5 sub-districts)
Safirah District (5 sub-districts)

^* - includes Aleppo City
^** - a newly created district since 2008, formerly belonging to Mount Simeon District
^*** - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Al-Bab District