Daraa District (Daraa District)
Daraa District (منطقة درعا) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Daraa Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 428,681. Its administrative centre is the city of Daraa.
The district of Daraa is divided into eight sub-districts or Nāḥiyas (population according to 2004 official census):
* Daara Subdistrict (ناحية درعا): population 146,481.
* Bosra Subdistrict (ناحية بصرى): population 33,839.
* Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict (ناحية خربة غزالة): population 44,266.
* Al-Shajara Subdistrict (ناحية الشجرة): population 34,206.
* Da'el Subdistrict (ناحية داعل): population 43,691.
* Muzayrib Subdistrict (ناحية مزيريب): population 72,625.
* Al-Jiza Subdistrict (ناحية الجيزة): population 21,100.
* Al-Musayfirah Subdistrict (ناحية المسيفرة): population 32,473.
The district of Daraa is divided into eight sub-districts or Nāḥiyas (population according to 2004 official census):
* Daara Subdistrict (ناحية درعا): population 146,481.
* Bosra Subdistrict (ناحية بصرى): population 33,839.
* Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict (ناحية خربة غزالة): population 44,266.
* Al-Shajara Subdistrict (ناحية الشجرة): population 34,206.
* Da'el Subdistrict (ناحية داعل): population 43,691.
* Muzayrib Subdistrict (ناحية مزيريب): population 72,625.
* Al-Jiza Subdistrict (ناحية الجيزة): population 21,100.
* Al-Musayfirah Subdistrict (ناحية المسيفرة): population 32,473.
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The name "Syria" historically referred to a wider region, broadly synonymous with the Levant, and known in Arabic as al-Sham. The modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. Aleppo and the capital city Damascus are among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the Islamic era, Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt. The modern Syrian state was established in the mid-20th century after centuries of Ottoman rule. After a period as a French mandate (1923–1946), the newly-created state represented the largest Arab state to emerge from the formerly Ottoman-ruled Syrian provinces. It gained de jure independence as a democratic parliamentary republic on 24 October 1945 when the Republic of Syria became a founding member of the United Nations, an act which legally ended the former French mandate (although French troops did not leave the country until April 1946).
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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SYP | Syrian pound | £ or لس | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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AR | Arabic language |
HY | Armenian language |
EN | English language |
FR | French language |
KU | Kurdish language |