al-Bab District

District in Aleppo, Syria
al-Bab District
منطقة الباب
al-Bab District in Syria
Location of al-Bab District within Aleppo Governorate
al-Bab District is located in Syria
al-Bab District
al-Bab District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (al-Bab): 36°22′21″N 37°31′04″E / 36.3725°N 37.5178°E / 36.3725; 37.5178
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
Seatal-Bab
Subdistricts4 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total
1,480.19 km2 (571.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
201,589
 • Density136.191/km2 (352.734/sq mi)
GeocodeSY0202

al-Bab District (Arabic: منطقة الباب, romanizedmanṭiqat al-Bāb) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of al-Bab.

The district was split in 2009, when three southern subdistricts were separated to form the new Dayr Hafir District.[2] At the 2004 census, the remaining subdistricts had a total population of 201,589.[1]

Subdistricts

The district of al-Bab is divided into four subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004[1]):

Subdistricts of al-Bab District
Code Name Area Population Seat
SY020200 al-Bab Subdistrict 489.28 km2 112,219 al-Bab
SY020201 Tadef Subdistrict 321.24 km2 41,951 Tadef
SY020202 al-Rai Subdistrict 352.30 km2 15,378 al-Rai
SY020203 Arima Subdistrict 317.38 km2 32,041 Arima

References

  1. ^ a b c "General Census of Population and Housing 2004" (PDF) (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Also available in English: "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ "إحداث منطقتي دير حافر والأتارب سيساهم في النهضة التنموية بالمحافظة". Al-Jamahir (in Arabic). Aleppo. 25 February 2009. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.


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