Harem District

Harem District
منطقة حارم
Map of Harem District within Idlib Governorate
Map of Harem District within Idlib Governorate
Coordinates (Harem): 36°12′28″N 36°31′09″E / 36.20764°N 36.51919°E / 36.20764; 36.51919
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
SeatHarem
Subdistricts6 nawāḥī
Area
 • Total736.48 km2 (284.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total175,482
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
GeocodeSY0703

Harem District (Arabic: منطقة حارم, romanizedmanṭiqat Ḥārim) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Harem. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 175,482.[2] Name is identical with haram meaning forbidden in Islam.

  1. ^ "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ 2004 official census Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine