Al-Tall, Syria Explained

Al-Tall
Other Name:Al-Tell
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Rif Dimashq
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:al-Tall
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:al-Tall
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:44597
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:33.6°N 36.3°W
Elevation Ft:3,300

Al-Tall (Arabic: التل|at-Tall, also spelled al-Tell) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate and capital of the al-Tall District. Situated in the middle of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, having an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters above sea level. Nearby localities include Maaraba to the southwest, Damascus to the south, Dahiyat al-Assad and Douma to the southeast, Maarat Saidnaya to the northeast, Manin to the north, Ashrafiyat al-Wadi and Basimah to the northwest and al-Hamah and Qudsaya to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Tall had a population of 44,597 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

In the early 1960s al-Tall was reported to be a large village of 3,500 inhabitants. It had a large mosque surrounded by several column fragments, hewn stones and burial grottoes.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130113005801/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-19-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Boulanger, 1966, p. 303.