Official Name: | Duwayr Taha |
Native Name: | دوير طه |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Al-Sawda Nahiyah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Footnotes: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 1,714 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.9708°N 35.9167°W |
Duwayr Taha (ar|دوير طه, also spelled Dweir Taha or Dwerta) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is situated near the Mediterranean coast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Duwayr Taha had a population of 1,714 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.[2]
Duwayr Taha became part of the municipality of al-Sawda in 1975, but later gained independent municipal status.[2]