Al-Rastan District

Ar-Rastan District is a district of the in central . The administrative centre is the city of . At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 127,806.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Syria with 128,000 residents
  • Description: district of the Homs Governorate in Syria
  • Also known as: “Minţaqat ar Rastan”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talbiseh.

Town
is a large town in northwestern administratively part of the , about 10 kilometers north of . Nearby localities include to the north, al-Ghantoo to the southwest and al-Mashrafah to the east. is situated 5 km southwest of Al-Rastan District.

Al-Rastan District

Latitude
34.871° or 34° 52′ 16″ north
Longitude
36.7725° or 36° 46′ 21″ east
Population
128,000
Elevation
479 metres (1,572 feet)
Open location code
8G6RVQCC+CX
Geo­Names ID
172947
Wiki­data ID
Q4115828
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Al-Rastan District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرستن”
  • Arabic: “منطقة الرستن”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ռասթանի գավառ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ər-Rəstən”
  • Cebuano: “Al-Rastan District”
  • Chinese: “Al-Rastan Koān”
  • Chinese: “拉斯坦區”
  • Estonian: “Ar-Rastani ringkond”
  • French: “Al-Rastan”
  • Georgian: “ალ-რასთანის მინტაკა”
  • Georgian: “ელ-რასთანის მინტაკა”
  • Japanese: “アッ＝ラスタン郡”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Al-Rastan Koān”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Rastan-distriktet”
  • Persian: “منطقة الرستن”
  • Persian: “منطقه الرستن”
  • Polish: “Ar-Rastan”
  • Russian: “Мантык Эр-Растан”
  • Russian: “Эр-Растан”
  • Scots: “Al-Rastan Destrict”
  • Swedish: “al-Rastan”
  • Swedish: “ar-Rastan”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Rastan”
  • Turkish: “er-Resten İlçesi”
  • Turkish: “er-Resten”
  • Turkish: “Er-Resten”
  • Ukrainian: “Ер-Растан”
  • Urdu: “الرستن ضلع”

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