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The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus. The districts are further divided into 281 subdistricts, or nawahi (sing. nahiya).^[1] Each district bears the same name as its district capital.

Districts and subdistricts are administered by officials appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the minister of the interior. These officials work with elected district councils to attend to assorted local needs, and serve as intermediaries between central government authority and traditional local leaders, such as village chiefs, clan leaders, and councils of elders.

The 65 districts are listed below by governorate (with capital districts in bold text). The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. Parts of Quneitra Governorate have been under Israeli occupation since 1967 (see Golan Heights).

• Hama District (4 sub-districts)
• Masyaf District (3 sub-districts)
• Mahardah District (5 sub-districts, a.k.a. Mhardeh, Muhardeh)
• Salamiyah District (5 sub-districts)
• Al-Suqaylabiyah District (5 sub-districts)

• Homs District (10 sub-districts)
• Al-Mukharram District (2 sub-districts)
• Al-Qusayr District (2 sub-districts)
• Ar-Rastan District (2 sub-districts)
• Tadmur District (2 sub-districts)
• Taldou District (3 sub-districts)^*
• Talkalakh District (4 sub-districts)

^* - a newly created district since 2010, formerly belonging to Homs District

• Latakia District (7 sub-districts)
• Al-Haffah District (5 sub-districts)
• Jableh District (6 sub-districts)
• Qardaha District (4 sub-districts)

• Tartus District (7 sub-districts)
• Baniyas District (7 sub-districts)
• Duraykish District (4 sub-districts)
• Safita District (6 sub-districts)
• Al-Shaykh Badr District (3 sub-districts)

• Mount Simeon District (7 sub-districts)^*
• Afrin District (7 sub-districts)
• Atarib District (3 sub-districts)^**
• Ayn al-Arab District (4 sub-districts)
• Azaz District (6 sub-districts)
• Al-Bab District (4 sub-districts)
• Dayr Hafir District (3 sub-districts)^***
• Jarabulus District (2 sub-districts)
• Manbij District (5 sub-districts)
• Safirah District (5 sub-districts)

^* - includes Aleppo City
^** - a newly created district since 2008, formerly belonging to Mount Simeon District
^*** - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Al-Bab District

• Deir ez-Zor District (7 sub-districts)
• Abu Kamal District (4 sub-districts)
• Mayadin District (3 sub-districts)

• Al-Hasakah District (7 sub-districts)
• Al-Malikiyah District (3 sub-districts)
• Qamishli District (4 sub-districts)
• Ra's al-'Ayn District (2 sub-districts)

• Idlib District (7 sub-districts)
• Arihah District (3 sub-districts)
• Harem District (6 sub-districts)
• Jisr al-Shughur District (4 sub-districts)
• Ma'arrat al-Numan District (6 sub-districts)

• Raqqa District (4 sub-districts)
• Tell Abyad District (3 sub-districts)
• Al-Thawrah District (3 sub-districts)

• Damascus (16 municipalities)

• Daraa District (8 sub-districts)
• Izra District (6 sub-districts)
• Al-Sanamayn District (3 sub-districts)

• Quneitra District (4 sub-districts)
• Fiq District (2 sub-districts)

• Markaz Rif Dimashq District (6 sub-districts)
• Darayya District (3 sub-districts)
• Douma District (7 sub-districts; a.k.a. Duma)
• An-Nabek District (3 sub-districts; a.k.a. Al-Nabk)
• Qatana District (3 sub-districts)
• Qudsaya District (3 sub-districts)^*
• Al-Qutayfah District (4 sub-districts)
• Al-Tall District (3 sub-districts)
• Yabroud District (2 sub-districts; a.k.a. Yabrud)
• Al-Zabadani District (3 sub-districts)

^* - a newly created district since 2009, formerly belonging to Markaz Rif Dimashq District and parts of Al-Zabadani District

• Suwayda District (3 sub-districts)
• Salkhad District (5 sub-districts)
• Shahba District (4 sub-districts)

• List of cities in Syria
• List of towns and villages in Syria
• Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War

• Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria
• Syria's Local Government System profiles of people and institutions provided by the Arab Decision project