Al-Suqaylabiyah District
District of Hama, Syria
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Al-Suqaylabiyah District (Arabic: السقيلبية As Suqailabiya) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091.[1] Its administrative centre is the city of al-Suqaylabiyah. The district includes most of al-Ghab plain. It is currently controlled by the Syrian provisional government.
Sub-districts
The district of Hama is divided into five sub-districts or nahiyahs (population according to 2004 official census):
- Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict (ناحية السقيلبية): population 49,686.[2]
- Salhab Subdistrict (ناحية سلحب): population 38,783.[3]
- Al-Ziyarah Subdistrict (ناحية الزيارة): population 38,872.[4]
- Shathah Subdistrict (ناحية شطحة): population 25,273.[5]
- Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict (ناحية قلعة المضيق): population 85,597.[6]
