Manbij District

Manbij District
منطقة منبج
Manbij District in Syria
Location of Manbij District within Aleppo Governorate
Manbij District is located in Syria
Manbij District
Manbij District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (Manbij): 36°32′N 37°57′E / 36.53°N 37.95°E / 36.53; 37.95
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
SeatManbij
Subdistricts5 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total5,183.99 km2 (2,001.55 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
408,143
GeocodeSY0205

Manbij District (Arabic: منطقة منبج, romanizedmanṭiqat Manbiǧ) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Manbij. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 408,143.[1]

The administrative center of Manbij Subdistrict shown above is the city of Manbij.
The administrative center of Abu Qilqil Subdistrict shown above is the city of Abu Qilqil.
The administrative center of al-Khafsah Subdistrict shown above is the city of al-Khafsah.
The administrative center of Maskanah Subdistrict shown above is the city of Maskanah.

A 2019 report has estimated the population of Manbij district at 450,000 with 80% of the population being Arab, 15% Kurdish and 5% Turkmen and Circassian.[2]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Balanche, Fabrice (5 February 2019). "For Assad, Manbij Is the Key to East Syria". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Retrieved 20 December 2020.