Harman Patil (Editor)

As Safira District

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Country
  
Syria

Seat
  
as-Safira

Population (2004)
  
178,293

Area
  
2,851 km²

Governorate
  
Aleppo

Subdistricts
  
5 nawāḥī

Geocode
  
SY0207

As-Safira District

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.

Contents

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