Al-Shaykh Badr District

Al-Shaykh Badr District (Arabic: منطقة الشيخ بدر, romanized: manṭiqat Al-Shaykh Badr) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. Administrative centre is the town of al-Shaykh Badr. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 52,981.^[1]

al-Shaykh Badr District منطقة الشيخ بدر
District
Map of al-Shaykh Badr District within Tartus Governorate
Coordinates (al-Shaykh Badr): 34.98°N 36.08°E / 34.98; 36.08
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
Seat	al-Shaykh Badr
Subdistricts	3 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	214.34 km2 (82.76 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	52,981
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Geocode	SY1005

Sub-districts

The district of al-Shaykh Badr is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004^[1]):

• Al-Shaykh Badr Subdistrict (ناحية الشيخ بدر): population 25,324.^[2]
• Brummanet al-Mashayekh Subdistrict (ناحية برمانة المشايخ): population 13,562^[3]
• Al-Qamsiyah Subdistrict (ناحية القمصية): population 14,095.^[4]