An-Nabek District

an-Nabek District (Arabic: منطقة النبك, romanized: manṭiqat an-Nabek) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of an-Nabek. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 80,001.^[1]

an-Nabek District منطقة النبك
District
Map of an-Nabek District within Rif Dimashq Governorate
Coordinates (an-Nabek): 34.02°N 36.72°E / 34.02; 36.72
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
Seat	an-Nabek
Subdistricts	3 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	1,122.87 km2 (433.54 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	80,001
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0306

The area of the district is also known as Qalamoun (also transliterated as Qalamun, Qalamūn, Kalamon and Kalamoun).^[2]

Sub-districts

The district of an-Nabek is divided into three sub-districts nawāḥī (population as of 2004^[1]):

Subdistricts of an-Nabek District

Code	Name	Area	Population
SY030600	an-Nabek Subdistrict	546.37 km²	50,747
SY030601	Deir Atiyah Subdistrict	km²	15,006
SY030602	Qara Subdistrict	km²	14,248

Localities in an-Nabek District

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the following villages, towns and cities, make up the district of an-Nabek:^[1]

English Name	Arabic Name	Population	Subdistrict
an-Nabek	النبك	32,548	an-Nabek
Qara	قارة	12,508	Qara
Deir Atiyah	دير عطية	10,984	Deir Atiyah
Flitah (Meshrefah)	(فليطة (مشرفة	6,475	an-Nabek
al-Sahel	السحل	5,677	an-Nabek
al-Jarajir	الجراجير	4,022	Deir Atiyah
al-Qastal	القسطل	3,486	an-Nabek
Qaldoun al-Marah	قلدون المراح	2,561	an-Nabek
al-Humayra	الحميرة	1,740	Qara