Environment Dept

Environment Dept is a public building in Tartus Governorate, Syria. Environment Dept is situated nearby to the square دوار المشفى العسكري, as well as near the mosque مسجد المنى.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tartus Museum and Tartus Port.

Tartus Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa was a Catholic cathedral in the city of Tartus, Syria. Erected during the 12th century, it has been described by historians as "the best-preserved religious structure of the Crusades." The cathedral was popular among pilgrims during the Crusades because Saint Peter was said to have founded a small church there dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Tartus Museum is situated 2 km southwest of Environment Dept.

Tartus Port

Photo: xslim, CC BY 2.0.

Tartus Port is situated 2½ km northwest of Environment Dept.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tartous and Arwad.

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.

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 6 km southwest of Environment Dept.

Environment Dept

Type: Public building
Categories: building and government building
Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.90098° or 34° 54′ 4″ north

Longitude

35.89923° or 35° 53′ 57″ east

Open location code

8G6QWV2X+9M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 160599109

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=public_building

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Highlights include دوار المشفى العسكري and مسجد المنى.

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