‘Ayn aţ Ţāḩūn

‘Ayn aţ Ţāḩūn is a spring in Tartus Governorate, Syria. ‘Ayn aţ Ţāḩūn is situated nearby to the locality Mashrū‘ ‘Alī Āghā, as well as near Al Faransāwīyah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arwad and Tartous.

Arwad

Village

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Arwad, the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad Subdistrict, of which it is the only locality. Arwad is situated 4½ km northwest of ‘Ayn aţ Ţāḩūn.

Tartous

Photo: Ahmadac, Public domain.

Tartus, an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, is the second largest port in Syria after Latakia and had a population of 115,769 in the 2004 census before the civil war.

‘Ayn aţ Ţāḩūn

Type: Spring
Also known as: “`Ayn at Tahun”
Category: body of water
Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.83793° or 34° 50′ 17″ north

Longitude

35.90171° or 35° 54′ 6″ east

Elevation

6 metres (20 feet)

Open location code

8G6QRWQ2+5M

GeoNames ID

8238810

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In Other Languages

“‘Ayn aţ Ţāḩūn” goes by many names.

Arabic: “عين الطاحون”

Localities in the Area

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