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Tartus Governorate

Tartus Governorate, officially Tartous Governorate, is one of the fourteen governorates of . It is situated in western Syria, bordering to the north, and to the east, to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
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  • Type: State with 1,550,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Syria
  • Also known as: “Muḩāfaz̧at Ţarţūs”, “Tartus”, “Ţarţūs”, and “Tartus, Syria”

Tartus Governorate

Latitude
34.9454° or 34° 56′ 43″ north
Longitude
36.0733° or 36° 4′ 24″ east
Population
1,550,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Open location code
8G6RW3WF+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13296425921
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
163342
Wiki­data ID
Q232382
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tartus Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “طرطوس”
  • Arabic: “محافظة طرطوس”
  • Armenian: “Տարտուսի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Gobernación de Tartus”
  • Asturian: “Tartus (Siria)”
  • Asturian: “Tartus”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tərtus mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Tartus eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Тартус”
  • Bengali: “টারটাস গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bulgarian: “Тартус”
  • Catalan: “governació de Tartus”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Tartus”
  • Cebuano: “Tartus Governorate”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای تەرتووس”
  • Chinese: “Tartus Séng”
  • Chinese: “他圖斯省”
  • Chinese: “塔尔图斯省”
  • Chinese: “塔爾圖斯省”
  • Croatian: “Guvernat Tartus”
  • Croatian: “Tartus (pokrajina)”
  • Croatian: “Tartus”
  • Czech: “guvernorát Tartús”
  • Czech: “Guvernorát Tartús”
  • Danish: “Tartus Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Tartous”
  • Dutch: “Tartus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة طرطوس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه طرطوس”
  • Esperanto: “Gubernio Tartus”
  • Estonian: “Ţarţūsi provints”
  • Finnish: “Tartusin maakunta”
  • French: “gouvernorat de Tartous”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Tartous”
  • French: “Tartous”
  • Galician: “Gobernación de Tartus”
  • Georgian: “ტარტუსის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement Tartus”
  • German: “SY-TA”
  • German: “Tartus”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ταρτούς”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο της Ταρτούς”
  • Gujarati: “ટાર્ટસ ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “טרטוס”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז טרטוס”
  • Hindi: “तरतूस गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “तरतूस प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Tartúsz kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Tartus”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Tartus”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Tartus”
  • Japanese: “タルトゥース県”
  • Kannada: “ಟಾರ್ಟಸ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “타르투스주”
  • Kurdish: “Parêzgeha Tertûsê”
  • Kurdish: “Tertûs (parêzgeh)”
  • Latvian: “Tartūsas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Tartuso muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Tartus”
  • Malay: “Tartus Governorate”
  • Marathi: “तार्टास गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “طرطوس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tartus Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tartus (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tartus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tartus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tartus guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Tartus”
  • Persian: “استان طرطوس”
  • Persian: “طرطوس”
  • Polish: “Tartus”
  • Portuguese: “Tartous”
  • Portuguese: “Tartus”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Tartus”
  • Russian: “Мухафаза Тартус”
  • Russian: “Тартус о́бласть”
  • Russian: “Тартус”
  • Scots: “Tartus Govrenorate”
  • Serbian: “Тартус (покрајина)”
  • Serbian: “Тартус”
  • Sinhala: “ටාර්ටස් පරිපාලන දිස්ත්‍රිකය”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Tartus”
  • South Azerbaijani: “طرطوس اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Tartus”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Tartus”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Tartús”
  • Spanish: “Tartous”
  • Swedish: “Tartus”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Tartus”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Тартоус”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Тартус”
  • Tamil: “டார்டஸ் ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “டார்டஸ் கவர்னரேட்”
  • Telugu: “టార్టస్ గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการฏ็อรฏูส”
  • Turkish: “Tartus (il)”
  • Turkish: “Tartus İli”
  • Turkish: “Tartus Valiliği”
  • Turkish: “Tartus”
  • Ukrainian: “Тартус”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ طرطوس”
  • Vietnamese: “Tartus”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Tartus”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ طرطوس”
  • Yue Chinese: “他圖斯 (省)”
  • Yue Chinese: “他圖斯”

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