Markaz Rif Dimashq District () or Damascus Central Countryside District is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.
Geography Markaz Rif Dimashq is located south of the Damascus Governorate covering the southeastern outskirts of metropolitan Damascus. With most administrative buildings being located in Damascus, the district has no official administrative centre. With a population of 136,427 inhabitants, the town of Sayyidah Zaynab however is the largest city of the district.
The district was split in 2009, when the sub-district Qudsaya, located northwest of Damascus, became a district in its own rights. At the 2004 census, the remaining subdistricts had a total population of 837,804.
Sub-districts The district of Markaz Rif Dimashq is divided into six sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):
+ Subdistricts of Markaz Rif Dimashq District Code Name Area Population SY030101 al-Kiswah Subdistrict km² SY030102 Babbila Subdistrict km² SY030103 Jaramana Subdistrict km² SY030104 al-Malihah Subdistrict km² SY030105 Kafr Batna Subdistrict km² SY030106 Arbin Subdistrict km²
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