Ar-Rastan District ( ar-at, منطقة الرستن,
manṭiqat ar-Rastan) is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of the
Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...
in central
Syria. The
administrative centre is the city of
ar-Rastan. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 127,806.
Sub-districts
The district of ar-Rastan is divided into two sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
*
Al-Rastan Subdistrict (ناحية الرستن): population 64,271.
*
Talbiseh Subdistrict (ناحية تلبيسة): population 63,784.
References
Districts of Homs Governorate
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