Douma District

Douma District منطقة دوما
District
Map of Douma District within Rif Dimashq Governorate
Coordinates (Douma): 33°34′20″N 36°24′07″E / 33.572264°N 36.401811°E / 33.572264; 36.401811
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
Seat	Douma
Subdistricts	7 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	19,875.92 km2 (7,674.14 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	433,719
• Density	22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0302

Douma District (Arabic: منطقة دوما, romanized: manṭiqat Dūmā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.

The second largest district of Syria following Tadmur, it stretches from the northeastern outskirts of Metropolitan Damascus to the Jordanian border, covering large swaths of the sparsely inhabited Syrian Desert. The administrative centre is the city of Douma, located just some 10 km (6 mi) to the northeast of Damascus.

At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 433,719.^[1]

Subdistricts

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

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