Mount Simeon District

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Mount Simeon (Arabic: منطقة جبل سمعان / ALA-LC: manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān), also known as Jabal Sem`an, is a district (mantiqa) of the Aleppo Governorate in Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 2,412,072. The centre of the district is the city of Aleppo.[1]

Until December 2008, the sub-district of Atāreb was part of the Mount Simeon district before being incorporated into a district.[2]

Divisions

The district of Mount Simeon is divided into 7 sub-districts or Nāḥiyas (population according to 2004 official census):

  • Mount Simeon Central nahiyah (Aleppo city and its suburbs) (ناحية مركز جبل سمعان): population 2,181,061.[3]
  • Huraytan nahiyah (ناحية حريتان): population 67,745.[4]
  • Al-Zirbah nahiyah (ناحية الزربة): population 55,391.[5]
  • Darat Izza nahiyah (ناحية دارة عزة): population 39,540.[6]
  • Al-Hader nahiyah (ناحية الحاضر): population 20,834.[7]
  • Tell al-Daman nahiyah (ناحية تل الضمان): population 47,501.[8]
  • Zammar nahiyah (ناحية زمّار) (was part of the Al-Zirbah nahiyah until 2009).

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Coordinates: 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.217°N 37.167°E / 36.217; 37.167

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