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Jisr al Shughur District

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Country
  
Syria

Seat
  
Jisr ash-Shugur

Geocode
  
SY0704

Governorate
  
Idlib

Subdistricts
  
4 nawāḥī

Area
  
610.9 km²

Jisr al-Shughur District

Jisr ash-Shugur District (Arabic: منطقة جسر الشغور‎, manṭiqat Ǧisr aš-Šuġūr‎) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Jisr ash-Shugur. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 150,193.

Sub-districts

The district of Jisr ash-Shugur is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

  • Jisr al-Shughur Nahiyah (ناحية جسر الشغور): population 89,028.
  • Bidama Nahiyah (ناحية بداما): population 18,501.
  • Darkush Nahiyah (ناحية دركوش): population 23,022.
  • Al-Janudiyah Nahiyah (ناحية الجانودية): population 19,642.

    • References

    Jisr al-Shughur District Wikipedia
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