Mount Simeon (district)
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Mount Simeon District منطقة جبل سمعان |
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 Location of Mount Simeon District within Aleppo Governorate |
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 Mount Simeon District
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| Coordinates (Aleppo): 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.22°N 37.17°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Aleppo |
| Seat | Aleppo |
| Subdistricts | 7 nawāḥī |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,757.27 km2 (1,064.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | 2,413,878 |
| Geocode | SY0200 |
Mount Simeon District (Arabic: منطقة جبل سمعان, translit. manṭiqat Jabal Sem‘ān), also known as Jabal Sem`an, is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of Aleppo.
Until December 2008, the sub-district of Atāreb was part of Mount Simeon District before being incorporated as a separate district. At the 2004 census, the remaining sub-districts had a total population of 2,413,878.
The district of Mount Simeon is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):
Zammar Nahiya was separated from al-Zirbah Nahiya in 2009.
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