Tartus Governorate
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/35430
- Note
- "Tartus Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة طرطوس‎ / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat Ṭarṭūs) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Lebanon to the south, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Latakia Governorate to the north, and Homs and Hama Governorates to the east. It is one of the few governorates in Syria that has an Alawite majority. Sources list the area as 1,890 km² or 1,892 km². The governorate has a population of 785,000 (2010 estimate). The capital is Tartus." - (en.wikipedia.org 03.02.2020)
- Latitude
- 34.959999084473
- Longitude
- 36.069999694824
- Inhabitants
- 1,550,000
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