Malihah Subdistrict () is a

subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Ind ...

Markaz Rif Dimashq District Markaz Rif Dimashq District () or Damascus Central Countryside District is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. Geography Markaz Rif Dimashq is located south of the Damascus Governorate covering the southeastern outskirts ...

in the

Rif Dimashq Governorate Rif Dimashq Governorate (, Literal translation, lit. "Damascus Countryside Governorate" or "Damascus Suburb") is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in the southwestern part of the country. ...

of Syria. The administrative centre is the town of

al-Malihah Al-Malihah (, also spelled al-Mleha or Al Mulayhah) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located on the eastern outskirts of Damascus to the west of Jaramana, in the Ghouta area. Nearby localities inc ...

. Neighbouring subdistricts are

Kafr Batna Kafr Batna (, also spelled Kfar Batna and Kafar Batna) is a town in the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria and a suburb of Damascus.Burns, 2005, pp1415Siddique, HaroonSyrian troops battle to retake Damascus suburbs ''The Guardian''. 2012-0 ...

to the north,

Jaramana Jaramana () is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in the Ghouta plain. Its location, 3 kilometers southeast of the Syrian capital, makes it a bustling town in the greater Damascus metropolitan area, wit ...

and Babbila to the west, Nashabieh and al-Ghizlaniyah to the east. At the 2004 census, the subdistrict had a population of 56,652. The subdistrict, much like the rest of Eastern Ghouta was under

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control, however was retaken by government forces in 2015 after the Battle of Al-Malihah.

Cities, towns and villages

References

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