Al-Rastan District

Ar-Rastan District (Arabic: منطقة الرستن‎, romanized: manṭiqat ar-Rastan) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of ar-Rastan. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 127,806.[1]

ar-Rastan District

منطقة الرستن
District
Map of ar-Rastan District within Homs Governorate
Coordinates (ar-Rastan): 34.92°N 36.73°E / 34.92; 36.73
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
Seatar-Rastan
Subdistricts2 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total290.72 km2 (112.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total128,055
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
GeocodeSY0404

Sub-districts

The district of ar-Rastan is divided into two sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

  • ar-Rastan Nahiyah (ناحية الرستن): population 64,271.[2]
  • Talbiseh Nahiyah (ناحية تلبيسة): population 63,784.[3]

References
  1. "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. "Al-Rastan nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  3. "Talbiseh nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
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