Atarib District

Atarib District (Arabic: منطقة الأتارب, romanized: manṭiqat al-Atārib) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Atarib.

Atarib District

منطقة الأتارب
Location of Atarib District within Aleppo Governorate
Atarib District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Atarib): 36.13°N 36.82°E / 36.13; 36.82
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
SeatAtarib
Subdistricts3 nawāḥī
Area
  Total308.22 km2 (119.00 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
76,873
GeocodeSY0210

The district is located in the central western region of the Aleppo Governorate, sharing its west border with the Idlib Governorate. Until December 2008, it was a subdistrict of the neighboring Mount Simeon District.[2] At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 76,873.[1]

Subdistricts

The district of Atarib is divided into three subdistricts or nawāḥī:

Subdistricts of Atarib District
CodeNameAreaPopulationSeat
SY021000 Atarib Subdistrict km² 32,186 Atarib
SY021001 Ibbin Samaan Subdistrict km² 21,925 Ibbin Samaan
SY021002 Urum al-Kubrah Subdistrict km² 22,851 Urum al-Kubrah

References

  1. "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. "إحداث منطقتي دير حافر والأتارب سيساهم في النهضة التنموية بالمحافظة". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2016.


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