Talin, Syria

Talin

تالين
Taleen
Talin تالين Taleen
Town
	Talin
	Coordinates: 35°9′6″N 36°2′4″E / 35.15167°N 36.03444°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
District	Baniyas
Subdistrict	Talin
Population (2004 census)
• Total	3,699
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Talin (Arabic: تالين‎, also spelled Taleen) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located between Baniyas (to the west) and al-Qadmus (to the east). It is situated in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Talin had a population of 3,699 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Talin Subdistrict which contained five localities with a collective population of 8,351 in 2004.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004^{[permanent dead link]}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.

[CBS-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004^{[permanent dead link]}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)

[2] Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.

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