Salkhad District () 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, municip ...

of the Suwayda Governorate in southern

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is the city of

Salkhad Salkhad () is a Syrian city in the As-Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. It is the capital of Salkhad District, one of the governorate's three districts. It has a population of 15,000 inhabitants. It is located at 1350 metres above sea level ...

. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 60,375.

Sub-districts

The district of Salkhad is divided into five sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

References

Districts of as-Suwayda Governorate {{AsSuwaydaSY-geo-stub

Sub-districts

See also

References