Tafas

Tafas is a town in southern , administratively part of the , located north of . Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Saad and Nawa to the north, , Abtaa and al-Shaykh Maskin to the northeast, and Adwan to the northwest and to the southwest.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 32,200 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Tafass” and “Tafs”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muzayrib and Da’el.

Town
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is a town in southern , administratively part of the , located northwest of on the Jordan–Syria border. Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Saad and Nawa to the north, , Tafas and al-Shaykh Maskin to the northeast, and al-Yadudah to the southeast. is situated 5 km southwest of Tafas.

Village
Da'el is a town in southern located on the old road between and , located approximately 14 kilometers north of . Administratively, it belongs to the of the and is the center of the Da'el nahiyah which also includes one other town, Abtaa, to the immediate north. is situated 6 km east of Tafas.

Tafas

Latitude
32.73724° or 32° 44′ 14″ north
Longitude
36.06842° or 36° 4′ 6″ east
Population
32,200
Elevation
489 metres (1,604 feet)
Open location code
8G4RP3P9+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 573514525
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
163806
Wiki­data ID
Q4120104
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tafas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “طفس”
  • Catalan: “Tafas”
  • Cebuano: “Ţafas”
  • Dutch: “Tafas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “طفس”
  • Finnish: “Tafas”
  • French: “Tafas”
  • French: “Tafs”
  • German: “Tafs”
  • Hebrew: “טפס”
  • Japanese: “タフス”
  • Korean: “타프스”
  • Persian: “طفس”
  • Polish: “Tafas”
  • Russian: “Тафас”
  • Russian: “Тафс”
  • Spanish: “Tafas”
  • Spanish: “Tuffas”
  • Swedish: “Tafas”
  • Swedish: “Ţafas”
  • Turkish: “Tafas”
  • Turkish: “Tefes”
  • Vietnamese: “Tafas”

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