Rif Dimashq Govrenorate

Rif Dimashq Govrenorate (Arabic: ريف دمشق‎, meanin "Damascus kintraside") is ane o the 14 govrenorates o Sirie. It is situatit in the soothwastren pairt o the kintra. It borders the govrenorates o Quneitra, Daraa an As-Suwayda in the soothwast, Homs in the north, Lebanon in the wast an Jordan in the sooth. The govrenorate completely surroonds the govrenorate o Damascus, which is an aa considered a caipital o Rif Dimashq. It haes an aurie o 17,654 km² an a population o 2,487,000 (2007 estimate).

Rif Dimashq Govrenorate مُحافظة ريف دمشق
Govrenorate
Map o Sirie wi Rif-dimashq heichlichtit
Coordinates (Damascus): 33.5°N 37°E / 33.5; 37
Kintra	Sirie
Caipital	n/a
Manatiq (Destricts)	10
Area
• Total	18032 km2 (6,962 sq mi)
Population  (2004 census)
• Total	2,273,074
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	SY-RD
Main leid(s)	Arabic

Destricts

Template:Rif Dimashq Labelled Map The govrenorate is dividit intae 10 destricts (manatiq):

The Destricts o Rif Dimashq Govrenorate

Destricts	Population (Census 2004)
Markaz Rif Dimashq	837,804
Duma	433,719
Al-Qutayfah	119,283
Al-Tall	115,937
Yabrud	48,370
Al-Nabk	80,001
Zabadani	105,342
Qatana	207,245
Darayya	260,961
Qudsaya	64,412
Total Govrenorate	2,273,074

These are further dividit intae 36 sub-destricts (nawahi).

References

• SANA Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine