Tadmur District () is a
district
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of the
Homs Governorate
Homs Governorate ( / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen Governorates of Syria, governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its geography differs in various locations in the governorate, from to . ...
in central
Syria
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.
Administrative centre
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
is the city of
Tadmur, near ancient
Palmyra
Palmyra ( ; Palmyrene dialect, Palmyrene: (), romanized: ''Tadmor''; ) is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first menti ...
/Tadmor. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 76,942.
Sub-districts
The district of Tadmur is divided into two sub-districts or
nawāḥī (population as of 2004
):
*
Tadmur Subdistrict (ناحية تدمر): population 55,062.
*
Al-Sukhnah Subdistrct (ناحية السخنة): population 21,880.
References
Districts of Homs Governorate
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