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.^[2] 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.

Taldou District منطقة تلدو
District
Map of Taldou District within Homs Governorate
Coordinates (Taldou): 34°52′59″N 36°30′00″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
Seat	Taldou
Subdistricts	3 nawāḥī
Area
• Total	264.1 km2 (102.0 sq mi)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	90,139
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Geocode	SY0407

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.^[1]

Sub-districts

The district of Taldou is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004^[1]):

• Taldou Subdistrict (ناحية تلدو): population 71,503.^[3]
• Kafr Laha Subdistrict (ناحية كفرلاها): population 20,041.
• Al-Qabu Subdistrict (ناحية القبو): population 18,636.^[4]

References

1. "2004 Census Data". UN OCHA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. "The formation of Taldou District". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
3. "Taldou nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
4. "Kabu nahiyah population". Cbssyr.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-06-19.