Jisr al-Shughur District

Jisr ash-Shugur District (Arabic: منطقة جسر الشغور‎, romanized: manṭiqat Ǧisr aš-Šuġūr) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Jisr ash-Shugur. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 150,193.[1]

Jisr ash-Shugur District منطقة جسر الشغور
District
Map of Jisr ash-Shugur District within Idlib Governorate
Coordinates (Jisr ash-Shugur): 35°48′51″N 36°19′12″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Idlib
Seat	Jisr ash-Shugur
Subdistricts	4 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	610.89 km^2 (235.87 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	150,193
• Density	250/km^2 (640/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0704

Sub-districts

The district of Jisr ash-Shugur is divided into four sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

• Jisr al-Shughur Subdistrict (ناحية جسر الشغور): population 89,028.[2]
• Bidama Subdistrict (ناحية بداما): population 18,501.[3]
• Darkush Subdistrict (ناحية دركوش): population 23,022.[4]
• Al-Janudiyah Subdistrict (ناحية الجانودية): population 19,642.[5]

References

1. "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. "Jisr ash-Shugur nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
3. "Bdama nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
4. "Darkoush nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
5. "Janudiyeh nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

External links

• Media related to Jisr al-Shughur District at Wikimedia Commons