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