Tartus District

Tartus District (Arabic: منطقة طرطوس, romanized: manṭiqat Ṭarṭūs) is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tartus. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 283,571.^[1]

Tartus District منطقة طرطوس
District
Map of Tartus District within Tartus Governorate
Coordinates (Tartus): 34°53′N 35°53′E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
Seat	Tartus
Subdistricts	7 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	536.71 km2 (207.22 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	283,571
• Density	528.35/km2 (1,368.4/sq mi)
Geocode	SY1000

Sub-districts

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

• Tartus Subdistrict (ناحية طرطوس): population 162,980.^[2]
• Arwad Subdistrict (ناحية أرواد): population 4,403.^[3]
• Al-Hamidiyah Subdistrict (ناحية الحميدية): population 20,309.^[4]
• Khirbet al-Maazah Subdistrict (ناحية خربة المعزة): population 22,897.^[5]
• Al-Sawda Subdistrict (ناحية السودا): population 32,295.^[6]
• Al-Karimah Subdistrict (ناحية الكريمة): population 17,271.^[7]
• Al-Safsafah Subdistrict (ناحية صفصافة): population 23,416.^[8]