As-Safira District


as-Safira District is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of as-Safira. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 178,293.

The main towns are as-Safira and Khanasir. The main economic activity is agriculture. Since ancient times, as-Safira was a fertile area where grains and other crops were harvested.

Sub-districts

The district of as-Safira is divided into five sub-districts or nawāḥī :
CodeNameAreaPopulationSeat
SY020700as-Safira Subdistrict km²as-Safira
Tell Aran Subdistrict km²Tell Aran
SY020701Khanasir Subdistrict km²Khanasir
SY020702Banan Subdistrict km²Banan
SY020703al-Hajib Subdistrict km²al-Hajib