Municipalities of Damascus

Place in Damascus Governorate, Syria

Administratively, Damascus Governorate, one of Syria's 14 governorates, is divided into two cities: the city of Damascus and the city of Yarmouk. The city of Damascus is divided into 16 municipalities (Arabic: بلدية, romanized: baladiyah). Every municipal district is managed by an elected mayor, which in turn is divided into 95 districts (Arabic: الحي hayy),^[1] each headed by a mayor, and they all participate in the election of the Damascus city council.^[2] Yarmouk is one whole municipality, and is divided into 6 neighborhoods.^[1]

Municipalities of Damascus Governorate

See also

• Districts of Syria
• Governorates of Syria

References

1. "Damascus governorate population 2004 census". Archived from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
2. كهرباء دمشق Archived 10 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-08.