Qudsaya District (Template:Lang-ar) is a Syrianmintaqah (district) administratively belonging to Rif Dimashq (Damascus Countryside) governorate and located west of Damascus city and Mount Qasioun. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 105,974 people. The town of Qudsaya is the administrative centre of the district.
Until 2009, Qudsaya was a sub-district within Markaz Rif Dimashq District. In February 2009, the district of Qudsaya was formed, combining the former sub-district of Qudsaya with two sub-districts from the Zabadani District.[1]
Divisions
The district of Qudsaya is divided into three sub-districts or nawāḥī (population according to 2004 official census):
Qudsaya nahiyah (ناحية قدسيا): population 64,412[2]
Ayn al-Fijah nahiyah (ناحية عين الفيجة): population 19,584[3]
Al-Dimas nahiyah (ناحية الديماس): population 21,978[4]
Localities in Qudsaya District
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the following villages, towns and cities, make up the district of Qudsaya :[5]
