As-Safira District

as-Safira District
منطقة السفيرة
as-Safira District in Syria
Location of as-Safira District within Aleppo Governorate
as-Safira District is located in Syria
as-Safira District
as-Safira District
Location in Syria
Coordinates (as-Safira): 36°04′N 37°22′E / 36.07°N 37.37°E / 36.07; 37.37
Country Syria
GovernorateAleppo
Seatas-Safira
Subdistricts5 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total
2,850.56 km2 (1,100.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
178,293
GeocodeSY0207

as-Safira District (Arabic: منطقة السفيرة, romanizedmanṭiqat as-Safīrah) is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of as-Safira. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 178,293.[1]

The administrative center of Nahiya as-Safira shown above is the city of as-Safira.
The administrative center of Nahiya Banan shown above is the city of Banan.
The administrative center of Nahiya Al-Hajib shown above is the city of Al-Hajib.
The administrative center of Nahiya Khanasir shown above is the city of Khanasir.

The main towns are as-Safira and Khanasir. The main economic activity is agriculture. Since ancient times, as-Safira was a fertile area where grains and other crops were harvested.

  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.