Atarib District

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Atarib District
منطقة الأتارب
Atarib District in Syria
Location of Atarib District within Aleppo Governorate
Atarib District is located in Syria
Atarib District
Atarib District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Atarib): 36°08′N 36°49′E / 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

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

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[edit]

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

Subdistricts of Atarib District
Code Name Area Population Seat
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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.