title: Al-Suqaylabiyah District
text: # Al-Suqaylabiyah District
  
  35°22′11″N 36°22′48″E﻿ / ﻿35.369722°N 36.38°E﻿ / 35.369722; 36.38
  
  Al-Suqaylabiyah District (Arabic: السقيلبية As Suqailabiya) is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 official census, the district had a population of 240,091. Its administrative centre is the city of Al-Suqaylabiyah. The district includes most of Al-Ghab plain.
  
  ## Sub-districts
  
  The district of Hama is divided into five sub-districts or nahiyahs (population according to 2004 official census):
  
  * Al-Suqaylabiyah Subdistrict (ناحية السقيلبية): population 49,686.
  * Tell Salhab Subdistrict (ناحية تلسلحب): population 38,783.
  * Al-Ziyarah Subdistrict (ناحية الزيارة): population 38,872.
  * Shathah Subdistrict (ناحية شطحة): population 25,273.
  * Qalaat al-Madiq Subdistrict (ناحية قلعة المضيق): population 85,597.
  