{{Infobox settlement | name = Douma District | native_name = منطقة دوما | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = District | image_map = Duma District.png | mapsize = 250x250px | map_caption = Map of Douma District within Rif Dimashq Governorate | coor_pinpoint = Syria | coordinates = {{coord|3=type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Rif Dimashq | parts_type = Subdistricts | parts_style = para | p1 = 7 nawāḥī | seat = Douma | geocode = SY0302 | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 19875.92 | population_footnotes = <ref name=census2004>{{cite web|title=General Census of Population and Housing 2004 |url=http://www.cbssyr.sy/General%20census/census%202004/pop-man.pdf |publisher=Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics |language=ar |access-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208115353/http://www.cbssyr.sy/General%20census/census%202004/pop-man.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}<br />Also available in English: {{cite web|title=2004 Census Data |url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/en/operations/syria/dataset/syrian-arab-republic-other |publisher=UN OCHA |access-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> | population_total = 433719 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto }}
'''Douma District''' ({{langx|ar|منطقة دوما|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 {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} to the northeast of Damascus.
At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 433,719.<ref name=census2004 />
==Subdistricts== The district of Douma is divided into seven sub-districts or nawāḥī (population {{As of|2004|lc=y}}):<ref name=census2004 />
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- |+ '''Subdistricts of Douma District''' ! Code || Name || Area || Population |- | SY0302'''00''' | Douma Subdistrict | align=right | {{formatnum:208.73}} km² | align=right | {{formatnum:181934}} |- | SY0302'''01''' | Harasta Subdistrict | align=right | {{formatnum:25.64}} km² | align="right" | {{formatnum:88816}} |- | SY0302'''02''' | Al-Sabe' Biyar Subdistrict | align="right" | {{formatnum:12919.39}} km² | align="right" | {{formatnum:395}} |- | SY0302'''03''' | Al-Dumayr Subdistrict | align="right" | {{formatnum:5929.58}} km² | align="right" | {{formatnum:26192}} |- | SY0302'''04''' | Al-Nashabiyah Subdistrict | align="right" | {{formatnum:277.76}} km² | align="right" | {{formatnum:76814}} |- | SY0302'''05''' | Al-Ghizlaniyah Subdistrict | align="right" | {{formatnum:388.02}} km² | align="right" | {{formatnum:36715}} |- | SY0302'''06''' | Harran al-Awamid Subdistrict | align="right" | {{formatnum:126.80}} km² | align="right" | {{formatnum:22853}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Syria-districts|Rif Dimashq=yes}}
{{Rif Dimashq Governorate|douma}}
Category:Douma District Category:Districts of Rif Dimashq Governorate
{{RifDimashqSY-geo-stub}}