| Official Name: | Tell Salhab |
| Native Name: | تل سلحب |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
| Coordinates: | 35.2609°N 36.3822°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hama |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Al-Suqaylabiyah |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name3: | Tell Salhab |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 15 454 |
| Population As Of: | 2004 |
Tal Salhab (ar|تل سلحب, also spelled Tal Selhab) is a town in the western center of Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. It is situated on the southern edge of the Ghab plain and by the western bank of the Orontes River.[1] Nearby localities include Nahr al-Bared, Asharnah and al-Suqaylabiyah to the north, Deir Shamil and Deir Mama to the south, Tremseh, Mhardeh and Halfaya to the east.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tell Salhab had a population of 15,454 in the 2004 census. It is also the center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict"), part of the Al-Suqaylabiyah District, consisting of 18 localities and with a combined population of 38,783 in 2004.[2] In the early 1960s its population was around 700. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[3]
The town was the traditional seat of the Jnaid clan, which typically provided the leaders of the Alawite Kalbiyya confederation.[4] In 1978 a sugar refinery was built in Tell Salhab at a cost of $50 million. The refinery complex boasted a sugar beet silo, a washing plant, pulp presses and dryers, and a water reservoir.[5]
Near Tell Salhab is located Tell 'Acharneh, a large mound which is believed to be the location of the ancient city of Tunip. Archaeological excavations have been ongoing at the site.