List of cities in Syria

The country of Syria is administratively subdivided into 14 governorates, which are sub-divided into 65 districts, which are further divided into 284 sub-districts. Each of the governorates and districts has its own centre or capital city, except for Rif Dimashq Governorate and Markaz Rif Dimashq district. All the sub-districts have their own centres as well.{{cite web | url =http://www.cbssyr.org/aindex.htm | title =Administrative divisions | access-date =2007-04-05 | publisher =Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria | language =ar |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070329153050/http://www.cbssyr.org/aindex.htm |archive-date = 2007-03-29}}

Each district bears the same name as its administrative centre, with the exception of Mount Simeon District where the centre is the city of Aleppo. The same applies to all nahiyas (sub-districts), except for the Mount Simeon Nahiyah where the centre is the city of Aleppo.

Governorate and district capital cities

Sixty-four of the 65 districts of Syria have a city that serves as the regional capital (administrative centre); Markaz Rif Dimashq is a district with no official regional centre.

The city of Damascus functions as a governorate, a district and a subdistrict. The Rif Dimashq Governorate has no official centre and its headquarters are in Damascus.

The first 13 cities in the list are the centre of their governorate, as well as of their district.

The population figures are from the 2004 official census.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssyr.org/General%20census/census%202004/pop-man.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310211017/http://www.cbssyr.org/General%20census/census%202004/pop-man.pdf |archive-date=2013-03-10 }}

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!English name

!Arabic name

!Population

!District

!Governorate

Damascus[https://archive.today/20120801022816/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB01-1-2004.htm Damascus city population]

|دمشق

|2,685,360

|Damascus (as a district)

|Damascus Governorate

Aleppo[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-1-2004.htm Aleppo city population] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520173518/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB02-1-2004.htm |date=2012-05-20 }}

|حلب

|2,132,100

|Mount Simeon District

|Aleppo Governorate

Homs[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-1-2004.htm Homs city population] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120731052244/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-1-2004.htm |date=2012-07-31 }}

|حمص

|652,609

|Homs District

|Homs Governorate

Latakia[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm Latakia city population] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032446/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm |date=2013-03-17 }}

|اللاذقية

|383,786

|Latakia District

|Latakia Governorate

Hama[https://archive.today/20120723204435/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-1-2004.htm Hama city population]

|حماة

|312,994

|Hama District

|Hama Governorate

Raqqa[https://web.archive.org/web/20130309223437/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB11-1-2004.htm ar-Raqqah city population]

|الرقة

|220,488

|Raqqa District

|Raqqa Governorate

Deir ez-Zor[https://archive.today/20120731082600/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-1-2004.htm Deir ez-Zor city population]

|دير الزور

|211,857

|Deir ez-Zor District

|Deir ez-Zor Governorate

Al-Hasakah[https://web.archive.org/web/20130305103458/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB08-1-2004.htm al-Hasakah city population]

|الحسكة

|188,160

|Al-Hasakah District

|Al-Hasakah Governorate

Qamishli

|القامشلي

|184,231

|Qamishli District

|Al-Hasakah Governorate

Tartus[https://archive.today/20120801104706/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-1-2004.htm Tartus city population]

|طرطوس

|115,769

|Tartus District

|Tartus Governorate

Douma

|دوما

|110,893

|Douma District

|Rif Dimashq Governorate

Manbij

|منبج

|99,497

|Manbij District

|Aleppo Governorate

Idlib[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB07-1-2004.htm Idlib city population] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802060839/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB07-1-2004.htm |date=2012-08-02 }}

|ادلب

|98,791

|Idlib District

|Idlib Governorate

Daraa[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB12-1-2004.htm Daraa city population] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723160254/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB12-1-2004.htm |date=2012-07-23 }}

|درعا

|97,969

|Daraa District

|Daraa Governorate

Darayya

|داريا

|78,763

|Darayya District

|Rif Dimashq Governorate

As-Suwayda[https://archive.today/20120804045153/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB13-1-2004.htm as-Suwayda city population]

|السويداء

|73,641

|As-Suwayda District

|As-Suwayda Governorate

Al-Thawrah

|الثورة

|69,425

|Al-Thawrah District

|Raqqa Governorate

Salamiyah

|سلمية

|66,724