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The 14governorates of Syria, ormuhafazat (sing.muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, ormanatiq (sing.mintaqah), including the city ofDamascus. The districts are further divided into 281 subdistricts, ornawahi (sing.nahiya).^[1] Each district bears the same name as its district capital.

Districts and subdistricts are administered by officials appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the minister of the interior. These officials work with elected district councils to attend to assorted local needs, and serve as intermediaries between central government authority and traditional local leaders, such as village chiefs, clan leaders, and councils of elders.

The 65 districts are listed below by governorate (with capital districts inbold text). The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. Parts ofQuneitra Governorate have been underIsraeli occupation since 1967 (seeGolan Heights).

Hama

Al-Suqaylabiyah

Masyaf

Muhardeh

Salamiyah

• Hama District (4 sub-districts)
• Masyaf District (3 sub-districts)
• Mahardah District (5 sub-districts, a.k.a. Mhardeh, Muhardeh)
• Salamiyah District (5 sub-districts)
• Al-Suqaylabiyah District (5 sub-districts)

Homs

Palmyra

Al-Mukharram

Talkalakh

Al-Rastan

Al-Qusayr

• Homs District (10 sub-districts)
• Al-Mukharram District (2 sub-districts)
• Al-Qusayr District (2 sub-districts)
• Ar-Rastan District (2 sub-districts)
• Tadmur District (2 sub-districts)
• Taldou District (3 sub-districts)^*
• Talkalakh District (4 sub-districts)

^* - a newly created district since 2010, formerly belonging to Homs District

Latakia

Jableh

Qardaha

Al-Haffah

• Latakia District (7 sub-districts)
• Al-Haffah District (5 sub-districts)
• Jableh District (6 sub-districts)
• Qardaha District (4 sub-districts)

Tartus

Duraykish

Baniyas

Shaykh Badr

Safita

• Tartus District (7 sub-districts)
• Baniyas District (7 sub-districts)
• Duraykish District (4 sub-districts)
• Safita District (6 sub-districts)
• Al-Shaykh Badr District (3 sub-districts)

Aleppo

Jabal
Sem‘ān‎

Ayn al-Arab

Atarib

Afrin

Al-Bab

Dayr
Ḥafir

As-Safira

Azaz

Jarabulus

Manbij

• Mount Simeon District (7 sub-districts)^*
• Afrin District (7 sub-districts)
• Atarib District (3 sub-districts)^**
• Ayn al-Arab District (4 sub-districts)
• Azaz District (6 sub-districts)
• Al-Bab District (4 sub-districts)
• Dayr Hafir District (3 sub-districts)^***
• Jarabulus District (2 sub-districts)
• Manbij District (5 sub-districts)
• Safirah District (5 sub-districts)

^* - includes Aleppo City
^** - a newly created district since 2008, formerly belonging to Mount Simeon District
^*** - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Al-Bab District

Mayadin

Abu Kamal

Deir ez-Zor

• Deir ez-Zor District (7 sub-districts)
• Abu Kamal District (4 sub-districts)
• Mayadin District (3 sub-districts)

Qamishli

Ra's al-'Ayn

Al-Malikiyah

Al-Hasakah

• Al-Hasakah District (7 sub-districts)
• Al-Malikiyah District (3 sub-districts)
• Qamishli District (4 sub-districts)
• Ra's al-'Ayn District (2 sub-districts)

Idlib

Arihah

Harem

Jisr ash-Shugur

Ma'arrat al-Numan

• Idlib District (7 sub-districts)
• Arihah District (3 sub-districts)
• Harem District (6 sub-districts)
• Jisr al-Shughur District (4 sub-districts)
• Ma'arrat al-Numan District (6 sub-districts)

Al-Thawrah

Tal Abyad

Raqqa

• Raqqa District (4 sub-districts)
• Tell Abyad District (3 sub-districts)
• Al-Thawrah District (3 sub-districts)

• Damascus (16municipalities)

Al-Sanamayn

Izra'

Daraa

• Daraa District (8 sub-districts)
• Izra District (6 sub-districts)
• Al-Sanamayn District (3 sub-districts)

Quneitra

Fiq

• Quneitra District (4 sub-districts)
• Fiq District (2 sub-districts)

Al-Qutayfah

Markaz
Rif Dimashq

Al-Nabk

Al-Tall

Darayya

Duma

Qatana

Yabrud

Zabadani

• Markaz Rif Dimashq District (6 sub-districts)
• Darayya District (3 sub-districts)
• Douma District (7 sub-districts; a.k.a. Duma)
• An-Nabek District (3 sub-districts; a.k.a. Al-Nabk)
• Qatana District (3 sub-districts)
• Qudsaya District (3 sub-districts)^*
• Al-Qutayfah District (4 sub-districts)
• Al-Tall District (3 sub-districts)
• Yabroud District (2 sub-districts; a.k.a. Yabrud)
• Al-Zabadani District (3 sub-districts)

^* - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Markaz Rif Dimashq District and parts of Al-Zabadani District

Shahba

Salkhad

Suwayda

• Suwayda District (3 sub-districts)
• Salkhad District (5 sub-districts)
• Shahba District (4 sub-districts)

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