Taldou District
Taldou District (Arabic: منطقة تلدو, romanized: manṭiqat Taldou) is a district of the Homs Governorate in central Syria. Administrative centre is the town of Taldou. The Northwestern Quadrant of the District is within Wadi al-Nasara, an Antiochian Greek Orthodox population region and cultural area. Krak Des Chevaliers, a famous Crusader Castle, is in the northwesternmost edge of the district.
The district was formed in 2010 from three sub-districts formerly belonging to Homs District. At the 2004 census, these sub-districts had a total population of 90,139.
Sub-districts
The district of Taldou is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):
- Taldou Subdistrict (ناحية تلدو): population 71,503.
- Kafr Laha Subdistrict (ناحية كفرلاها): population 20,041.
- Al-Qabu Subdistrict (ناحية القبو): population 18,636.
References
- ^ "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ "The formation of Taldou District". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ "Taldou nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
- ^ "Kabu nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
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