Jordan Sub-districts

Sub-districts of Jordan

According to the 2004 census report, Jordan is divided into 12 governorates, which are subdivided into 51 districts, which are subdivided into 89 sub-districts. Many of the districts have only one sub-district, and in those cases the sub-district usually has the same name as the district. (Sometimes the district name is preceded by the word "Qasabet", the article "El" assimilated to the rest of the name, or both.) I have chosen to list the sub-districts as secondary subdivions, because they seem to correspond more closely to the former nahias than the districts do. If you prefer to consider the districts as secondary subdivisions, their HASC codes can be inherited from the sub-district of the same name.

Sub-district	HASC	Population	District
Adroh	`JO.MN.AD`	3,685	Qasabet Ma'an
Aghwar Shamaliyyeh	`JO.IR.AS`	85,203
Ain El-Basha	`JO.BA.AB`	128,949
Ajloun	`JO.AJ.AJ`	55,996	Qasabet Ajloun
Al-Ardhah	`JO.BA.AR`	9,784	Qasabet Essalt
Al-Jami'ah	`JO.AM.AA`	279,359
Amman	`JO.AM.AM`	552,511	Qasabet Amman
Aqaba	`JO.AQ.AQ`	80,790	Qasabet El-Aqaba
Ariedh	`JO.MD.AH`	4,017	Dieban
Ayy	`JO.KA.AY`	9,711
Azraq	`JO.AZ.ZQ`	9,021	Qasabet Ezzarqa
Badiah Shamaliyyeh Gharbiyyeh	`JO.MA.BG`	23,480
Bal'ama	`JO.MA.BM`	20,795	Qasabet El-Mafraq
Bani Ebaid	`JO.IR.BE`	93,561
Bani Kenanah	`JO.IR.BK`	76,398
Bierain	`JO.AZ.BR`	11,899	Qasabet Ezzarqa
Borma	`JO.JA.BO`	9,503	Qasabet Jarash
Bsaira	`JO.AT.BS`	19,343
Dair Alla	`JO.BA.DA`	46,481
Dair El-Kahf	`JO.MA.DK`	7,442	Badiah Shamaliyyeh
Dhlail	`JO.AZ.DL`	32,606	Qasabet Ezzarqa
Dieban	`JO.MD.DB`	12,407
Dieseh	`JO.AQ.DS`	3,881	Quaira
Erjan	`JO.AJ.EJ`	15,005	Qasabet Ajloun
Erwaished	`JO.MA.ER`	9,805
Faisaliyyeh	`JO.MD.FS`	5,250	Qasabet Madaba
Faqqoo'	`JO.KA.FA`	12,178
Ghour El-Mazra'ah	`JO.KA.MZ`	12,743	Aghwar Janoobiyyeh
Ghour Essafi	`JO.KA.SF`	19,703	Aghwar Janoobiyyeh
Hashemiyyeh	`JO.AZ.HH`	46,311
Hesa	`JO.AT.HE`	9,032
Hesban	`JO.AM.HB`	15,734	Na'oor
Hoasha	`JO.MA.HO`	14,177	Badiah Shamaliyyeh Gharbiyyeh
Husseiniyyeh	`JO.MN.HU`	8,310
Iel	`JO.MN.IE`	7,304	Qasabet Ma'an
Ira & Yarqa	`JO.BA.IY`	8,654	Qasabet Essalt
Irbid	`JO.IR.IR`	375,594	Qasabet Irbid
Jafer	`JO.MN.JF`	6,777	Qasabet Ma'an
Jarash	`JO.JA.JA`	132,325	Qasabet Jarash
Jizeh	`JO.AM.JI`	35,357
Jraineh	`JO.MD.JR`	6,722	Qasabet Madaba
Karak	`JO.KA.KA`	64,850	Qasabet El-Karak
Khaldiyyeh	`JO.MA.KD`	20,954	Badiah Shamaliyyeh Gharbiyyeh
Kofranjah	`JO.AJ.KF`	27,107
Kora	`JO.IR.KO`	91,050
Ma'an	`JO.MN.MN`	26,668	Qasabet Ma'an
Madaba	`JO.MD.MD`	82,036	Qasabet Madaba
Mafraq	`JO.MA.MA`	56,965	Qasabet El-Mafraq
Mahes & Fohais	`JO.BA.MF`	22,290
Ma'ien	`JO.MD.MI`	7,375	Qasabet Madaba
Manshiyyeh	`JO.MA.MH`	7,390	Qasabet El-Mafraq
Marka	`JO.AM.MK`	483,819
Mastabah	`JO.JA.MT`	11,774	Qasabet Jarash
Mazar Janoobi	`JO.KA.MJ`	47,499
Mazar Shamali	`JO.IR.MS`	44,166
Mlaih	`JO.MD.ML`	12,153	Dieban
Mo'aab	`JO.KA.MB`	9,692	Mazar Janoobi
Moojeb	`JO.KA.ME`	5,818	Qasr
Mowaqqar	`JO.AM.MO`	18,721
Mraighah	`JO.MN.MG`	6,582	Qasabet Ma'an
Na'oor	`JO.AM.NA`	40,058
Petra	`JO.MN.PE`	23,840
Qasr	`JO.KA.QA`	15,042
Qetraneh	`JO.KA.QT`	6,949
Quaira	`JO.AQ.QR`	13,251
Quaismeh	`JO.AM.QM`	257,260
Ramtha	`JO.IR.RA`	109,142
Rhab	`JO.MA.RH`	16,562	Qasabet El-Mafraq
Rojom Eshami	`JO.AM.RE`	11,296	Mowaqqar
Russeifa	`JO.AZ.RS`	268,237
Sabha	`JO.MA.SA`	9,894	Badiah Shamaliyyeh
Sahab	`JO.AM.SH`	57,037
Sakhrah	`JO.AJ.SK`	20,617	Qasabet Ajloun
Salhiyyeh	`JO.MA.SL`	17,028	Badiah Shamaliyyeh
Salt	`JO.BA.ST`	77,441	Qasabet Essalt
Sama Serhan	`JO.MA.SS`	16,354	Badiah Shamaliyyeh Gharbiyyeh
Shoabak	`JO.MN.SB`	11,087
Shooneh Janoobiyyeh	`JO.BA.SJ`	38,757
Tafileh	`JO.AT.AT`	46,892	Qasabet Ettafileh
Tayybeh	`JO.IR.TA`	29,132
Um Ejjmal	`JO.MA.UJ`	14,575	Badiah Shamaliyyeh
Um El-Basatien	`JO.AM.UB`	10,428	Na'oor
Um El-Qottain	`JO.MA.UQ`	8,767	Badiah Shamaliyyeh
Um Rsas	`JO.AM.UR`	6,694	Jizeh
Wadi Arabah	`JO.AQ.WA`	4,175	Qasabet El-Aqaba
Wadi Essier	`JO.AM.WE`	173,792
Wastiyyah	`JO.IR.WS`	24,046
Zarqa	`JO.AZ.AZ`	396,576	Qasabet Ezzarqa
Zayy	`JO.BA.ZY`	13,998	Qasabet Essalt
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters indicate the province. For key, see Provinces of Jordan page. Population: 2004-10-01 census. District: If blank, has the same name as the sub-district.

Change history:

Based on data from the 1994 census, Jordan was divided into 12 provinces (or governorates), which were subdivided into 20 districts, which were further subdivided into 36 sub-districts, which were then subdivided into 52 nahias. From these figures, it's apparent that some provinces had only one district; some districts had only one sub-district; and some sub-districts had only one nahia. An additional peculiarity is that each province had a district of the same name; each district had a sub-district of the same name; and each sub-district had a nahia of the same name. I have decided, somewhat arbitrarily, to list the nahias as secondary subdivisions of Jordan. If you prefer to consider the districts or sub-districts as secondary subdivisions, their HASC codes can be inherited from the nahia of the same name.

I wasn't able to determine the exact relationship between the 52 nahias here and the 89 sub-districts as of 2004. Where the names matched, I used the same HASC code (contrary to my usual practice). If anyone has details of how the subdivisions were transformed between censuses, I would like to hear them.

Nahia	HASC	Population	District	Sub-district
Aghwar Shamaliyyeh	`JO.IR.AS`	78,355
Ajlun	`JO.AJ.AJ`	73,739
Amman	`JO.AM.AM`	1,307,017
Aqaba	`JO.AQ.AQ`	63,804
Ardhah	`JO.BA.AR`	7,263	Balqa	Balqa
Ayy	`JO.KA.AY`	13,633	Karak
Azraq	`JO.AZ.ZQ`	9,193	Zarqa	Zarqa
Bal'ama	`JO.MA.BM`	14,569	Mafraq	Mafraq
Balqa	`JO.BA.BA`	188,579
Bani Knana	`JO.IR.BK`	51,868
Bierain	`JO.AZ.BR`	7,706	Zarqa	Zarqa
Bsaira	`JO.AT.BS`	15,370	Tafileh
Dair Alla	`JO.BA.DA`	39,538
Dieban	`JO.MD.DB`	23,497	Madaba
Erwashed	`JO.MA.ER`	10,032	Mafraq
Faqqoo'	`JO.KA.FA`	10,084	Qasr	Qasr
Hariema	`JO.IR.HA`	10,353	Irbid	Irbid
Hesa	`JO.AT.HE`	10,082	Tafileh	Tafileh
Hussiniyyeh	`JO.MN.HU`	6,472	Ma'an	Ma'an
Iel	`JO.MN.IE`	5,348	Ma'an	Wadi Moosa
Irbid	`JO.IR.IR`	381,178
Jarash	`JO.JA.JA`	123,190
Jizeh	`JO.AM.JI`	32,446	Amman
Karak	`JO.KA.KA`	59,188
Kofranjah	`JO.AJ.KF`	20,809	Ajlun	Ajlun
Kora	`JO.IR.KO`	71,513
Ma'an	`JO.MN.MN`	40,858
Madaba	`JO.MD.MD`	83,824
Mafraq	`JO.MA.MA`	116,204
Mazar Janoobiyyeh	`JO.KA.MJ`	42,248
Mazar Shamaliyyeh	`JO.IR.MS`	35,651	Irbid
Mazra'ah	`JO.KA.MZ`	12,303	Karak	Safi
Mowaqqar	`JO.AM.MO`	18,239	Amman
Na'oor	`JO.AM.NA`	28,968	Amman
Qasr	`JO.KA.QA`	16,587
Quaira	`JO.AQ.QR`	12,736	Aqaba
Ramtha	`JO.IR.RA`	79,304
Sabha	`JO.MA.SA`	27,138	Mafraq
Safi	`JO.KA.SF`	15,727	Karak
Sahab	`JO.AM.SH`	49,060	Amman
Sama Serhan	`JO.MA.SS`	10,971	Mafraq	Mafraq
Shoabak	`JO.MN.SB`	9,881	Ma'an
Shooneh Janoobiyyeh	`JO.BA.SJ`	33,598
Tafileh	`JO.AT.AT`	37,331
Tayybeh	`JO.IR.TA`	23,847	Irbid
Um El-Basatien	`JO.AM.UB`	8,313	Amman	Na'oor
Wadi Arabah	`JO.AQ.WA`	3,299	Aqaba	Aqaba
Wadi Essier	`JO.AM.WE`	132,195	Amman
Wadi Moosa	`JO.MN.WM`	17,111	Ma'an
Wastiyyeh	`JO.IR.WS`	19,565	Irbid	Irbid
Zarqa	`JO.AZ.AZ`	622,570
Zayy	`JO.BA.ZY`	7,104	Balqa	Balqa
52 nahias		4,139,458
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. Population: 1994-12-10 census. District: If blank, has the same name as the nahia. Sub-district: If blank, has the same name as the nahia.

Other names of subdivisions:

Jose Gavinha reports finding these variants.

Aghwar Shamaliyyeh: Shooneh Shamaliyyeh (variant)
Ajlun: Ajloan (variant)
Ardhah: Sbaihi (variant)
Balqa: Salt (variant)
Bani Knana: Sama El-Roosan (variant)
Kora: Dair Abi Sa'id (variant)
Mazra'ah: Ghour Mazra'ah (variant)
Safi: Ghour Safi (variant)
Wadi Arabah: Gharandal (variant)
Wastiyyeh: Kofor Asad (variant)
Zayy: Allan (variant)

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