User:Lothar von Richthofen/Cities and towns

Syria is subdivided in a hierarchical manner into: For each governorate, the first city in the table is the governorate capital (and capital city of its district at the same time). The following towns are the regional capitals (administrative centers) of the districts. The next towns are other significant towns. The last item is the rural area outside of the listed towns in each governorate. The population figures are given according to the 2004 official census. The table is sortable. Click on the arrows next to the column headings to sort alphabetically, based on population, District, or control status.
 * 14 Governorates (or G.)
 * 65 Districts