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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