Tiyas Explained

Tiyas
Settlement Type:Village
Official Name:Al-Safa
Native Name:التياس
الصفا
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Homs
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Homs
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Al-Qaryatayn
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:2,564
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:34.5511°N 37.6986°W
Elevation M:550

Tiyas (Arabic: التياس, also known as al-Safa Arabic: الصفا) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, east of Homs. It is situated in the Syrian Desert, and the closest localities are Tadmur (Palmyra) to the east, the subdistrict center of al-Qaryatayn to the southwest, Furqlus to the west and Uqayribat to the northwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tiyas had a population of 2,564 in the 2004 census.[1]

Tiyas is also near the Syrian Air Force base of the same name which lies just to the southwest. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviet Union was given access to the Tiyas Military Airbase for the periodical deployment of naval aircraft.[2] The base at Tiyas was also used to patrol the United States' naval fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130112162033/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-7-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Polmar, 1991, p. 40.
  3. Tatum, 2002, p. 26.