Al-Tawahin Explained

Official Name:Al-Tawahin
Native Name:الطواحين
Other Name:Tawaheen
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Tartus
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Baniyas
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Tawahin
Settlement Type:Town
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004 census
Population Total:2,238
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:35.1289°N 36.2219°W

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705231708/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-12-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Book: Balanche, Fabrice. La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien. Karthala Editions. 2006. 2845868189. French. Fabrice Balanche.