Darayya District

Darayya District (Arabic: منطقة داريا, romanized: manṭiqat Dārayyā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Darayya. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 260,961.^[1]

Darayya District منطقة داريا
District
Map of Darayya District within Rif Dimashq Governorate
Coordinates (Qatana): 33.45°N 36.25°E / 33.45; 36.25
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
Seat	Darayya
Subdistricts	3 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	102.48 km2 (39.57 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	260,961
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0309

Sub-districts

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

Subdistricts of Darayya District

Code	Name	Area	Population
SY030900	Darayya Subdistrict	53.60 km²	131,501
SY030901	Sahnaya Subdistrict	43.53 km²	44,512
SY030902	al-Hajar al-Aswad Subdistrict	5.36 km²	84,948

Localities in Darayya District

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

English Name	Arabic Name	Population	Subdistrict
al-Hajar al-Aswad	الحجر الأسود	84,948	Al-Hajar al-Aswad
Darayya	داريا	78,763	Darayya
Muadamiyat al-Sham	معضمية الشام	52,738	Darayya
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya	أشرفية صحنايا	30,519	Sahnaya
Sahnaya	صحنايا	13,993	Sahnaya