as-Suwayda District (Arabic: منطقة السويداء, romanized: manṭiqat as-Suwaydā’) is a district of the as-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of as-Suwayda. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 180,907.[1]
as-Suwayda District
منطقة السويداء | |
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District | |
Map of as-Suwayda District within as-Suwayda Governorate | |
| Coordinates (as-Suwayda): 32.7°N 36.57°E / 32.7; 36.57 | |
| Country | |
| Governorate | as-Suwayda |
| Seat | as-Suwayda |
| Subdistricts | 3 nawāḥī |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,804.22 km2 (1,082.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 180,907 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Geocode | SY1300 |
The district of as-Suwayda is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):
| Code | Name | Area | Population |
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| SY130000 | as-Suwayda Subdistrict | 691.13 km2 | 212,463 |
| SY130001 | al-Mazraa Subdistrict | 202.53 km2 | 16,627 |
| SY130002 | al-Mushannaf Subdistrict | 1,910.57 km2 | 17,134 |
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