Al-Tawahin

Al-Tawahin
الطواحين
Tawaheen
Town
Al-Tawahin
Coordinates: 35°7′44″N 36°13′19″E / 35.12889°N 36.22194°E / 35.12889; 36.22194
Country  Syria
Governorate Tartus
District Baniyas
Subdistrict Tawahin
Population (2004 census)[1]
  Total 2,238
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Al-Tawahin (Arabic: تالين, also spelled Tawaheen) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located east of Baniyas, northeast of al-Qadmus and northwest of Maysaf. It is situated in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Tawahin had a population of 2,238 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Tawahin Subdistrict which contained nine localities with a collective population of 10,024 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
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