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Mount Simeon District

Mount Simeon District
منطقة جبل سمعان
District
Mount Simeon District in Syria
Location of Mount Simeon District within Aleppo Governorate
Coordinates (Aleppo): 36°13′N 37°10′E / 36.22°N 37.17°E / 36.22; 37.17
Country  Syria
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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