District in Rif Dimashq, Syria
Douma District (Arabic: منطقة دوما, romanized: manṭiqat Dūmā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
The second largest district of Syria following Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metropolitan Damascus to the Jordanian border, covering large swaths of the sparsely inhabited Syrian Desert. The administrative centre is the city of Douma, located just some 10 km (6 mi) to the northeast of Damascus.
At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 433,719.[1]
The district of Douma is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[update]):[1]
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Kiswah Subdistrict | |
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Babbila Subdistrict | |
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Jaramana Subdistrict | |
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Malihah Subdistrict | |
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Kafr Batna Subdistrict | |
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Arbin Subdistrict | |
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Douma Subdistrict | |
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Harasta Subdistrict | |
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Sabe Biyar Subdistrict | |
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Dumayr Subdistrict | |
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Nashabiyeh Subdistrict | |
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Ghazlaniyeh Subdistrict | |
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Harran al-Awamid Subdistrict | |
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Qutayfah Subdistrict | |
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Jayrud Subdistrict | |
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Maloula Subdistrict | |
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Raheiba Subdistrict | |
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Al-Tall Subdistrict | |
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Sednaya Subdistrict | |
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Rankous Subdistrict | |
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Yabroud Subdistrict | |
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Assal al-Ward Subdistrict | |
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An-Nabek Subdistrict | |
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Deir Atiyeh Subdistrict | |
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Qara Subdistrict | |
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Al-Zabadani Subdistrict | |
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Madaya Subdistrict | |
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Serghaya Subdistrict | |
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Qatana Subdistrict | |
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Beit Jann Subdistrict | |
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Sa'sa Subdistrict | |
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Darayya Subdistrict | |
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Sahnaya Subdistrict | |
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Hajar al-Aswad Subdistrict | |
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Qudsaya Subdistrict | |
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ad-Dimas Subdistrict | |
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Ein al-Fijeh Subdistrict | |
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