As-Safira District

as-Safira District () is a district of Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. Administrative centre is the city of as-Safira. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 178,293.

The main towns are as-Safira and Khanasir. The main economic activity is agriculture. Since ancient times, as-Safira was a fertile area where grains and other crops were harvested.

Sub-districts

The district of as-Safira is divided into five sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004):

• In 2009, the northwestern area around the majority Kurdish city of Tell Aran was spun off al-Safira Subdistrict to establish Tell Aran Subdistrict.

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