Douma District

Douma District منطقة دوما
District
Map of Douma District within Rif Dimashq Governorate
Coordinates (Douma): 33°34′20″N 36°24′07″E / 33.572264°N 36.401811°ECoordinates: 33°34′20″N 36°24′07″E / 33.572264°N 36.401811°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
Seat	Douma
Subdistricts	7 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	19,875.92 km^2 (7,674.14 sq mi)
Population (2004)[1]
• Total	433,719
• Density	22/km^2 (57/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0302

Douma District (Arabic: منطقة دوما‎, translit. manṭiqat Dūmā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.

The second largest district of Syria following Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metropolitan Damascus to the Jordanian border, covering large swaths of the sparsely inhabited Syrian Desert. Administrative centre is the city of Douma, located just some 10 km (6 mi) to the northeast of Damascus.

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 433,719.^[1]

Sub-districts

The district of Douma is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2005^[1]):

Subdistricts of Douma District

Code	Name	Area	Population
SY030200	Douma nahiyah	208.73 km²	181,934
SY030201	Harasta nahiyah	25.64 km²	88,816
SY030202	Al-Sabe' Biyar nahiyah	12,919.39 km²	395
SY030203	Al-Dumayr nahiyah	5,929.58 km²	26,192
SY030204	Al-Nashabiyah nahiyah	277.76 km²	76,814
SY030205	Al-Ghizlaniyah nahiyah	388.02 km²	36,715
SY030206	Harran al-Awamid nahiyah	126.80 km²	22,853

References

1. "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
   Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.