Darayya District

Darayya District

منطقة داريا
Darayya District منطقة داريا
District
	Map of Darayya District within Rif Dimashq Governorate
	Coordinates (Qatana): 33°27′N 36°15′E / 33.45°N 36.25°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
Seat	Darayya
Subdistricts	3 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	102.48 km2 (39.57 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	260,961
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0309

Darayya District (Arabic: منطقة داريا, romanized: manṭiqat Dārayyā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Darayya. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 260,961.^[1]

Sub-districts

The district of Darayya is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004^[1]):

**Subdistricts of Darayya District**
Code	Name	Area	Population
SY030900	Darayya Subdistrict	53.60 km²	131,501
SY030901	Sahnaya Subdistrict	43.53 km²	44,512
SY030902	al-Hajar al-Aswad Subdistrict	5.36 km²	84,948

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the following villages, towns and cities make up the district of Darayya:^[1]


English Name	Arabic Name	Population	Subdistrict
al-Hajar al-Aswad	الحجر الأسود	84,948	Al-Hajar al-Aswad
Darayya	داريا	78,763	Darayya
Muadamiyat al-Sham	معضمية الشام	52,738	Darayya
Ashrafiyat Sahnaya	أشرفية صحنايا	30,519	Sahnaya
Sahnaya	صحنايا	13,993	Sahnaya

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2004 Census Data" (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.