Population (2004) 178,293 Area 2,851 km² | Governorate Aleppo Subdistricts 5 nawāḥī Geocode SY0207 | |
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as-Safira District (Arabic: منطقة السفيرة, 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.
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Map of As-Safirah, Syria
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):
In 2009, the northwestern area around the majority Kurdish city of Tell Aran was spun off al-Safira Nahiya to establish Tell Aran Nahiya.
References
As-Safira District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA