Mount Simeon District () is a
district
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of
Aleppo Governorate
Aleppo Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥalab'' ) is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is the most populous governorate in Syria with a population of more than 4,867,000 (2011 Est.), almost 23% of the t ...
in northern Syria. The
administrative centre
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
is the city of
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and ...
.
Until December 2008, the sub-district of
Atāreb was part of Mount Simeon District before being incorporated as a separate district. At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 2,413,878.
Sub-districts
The district of Mount Simeon is divided into seven sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
Zammar Subdistrict was separated from
al-Zirbah Subdistrict in 2009.
See also
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Mount Simeon
Mount Simeon or Mount Simon ( Jabal Simʻān ), also called Mount Laylūn (), is a highland region in Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The mountain is located in the Mount Simeon (district), Mount Simeon and A'zaz District, Aʻzāz districts ...
References
{{Aleppo Governorate, simeon
Districts of Aleppo Governorate