Al-Tawahin
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Al-Tawahin الطواحين Tawaheen |
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| Town | |
 Al-Tawahin
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| Coordinates: 35°7′44″N 36°13′19″E / 35.12889°N 36.22194°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Baniyas |
| Subdistrict | Tawahin |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 2,238 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Al-Tawahin (Arabic: تالين, also spelled Tawaheen) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located east of Baniyas, northeast of al-Qadmus and northwest of Maysaf. It is situated in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Tawahin had a population of 2,238 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Tawahin Subdistrict which contained nine localities with a collective population of 10,024 in 2004. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
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