Tartus District, Tartous

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Tartus District is a district of the Tartus Governorate in northwestern Syria. The administrative centre is the city of Tartus. At the 2014 census, the district had a population of 283,571. ()

Local name: منطقة طرطوس Area: 207.22 mi²Coordinates: 34°52'60"N, 35°52'60"E

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Tartous Syria

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Tartus District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Amrit, Chastel Rouge, Arwad.

3.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Amrit
92 min walk • Amrit, the classical Marathus, was a Phoenician port located near present-day Tartus in Syria. Founded in the third millennium BC, Marat was the northernmost important city of ancient Phoenicia and a rival of nearby Arwad.
7 miSE
Forts and castles
Chastel Rouge
178 min walk • Chastel Rouge, also called Qal’at Yahmur is a small Crusader stronghold in the North West of Syria that belonged to the County of Tripoli. It is also identified as Castrum Rubrum mentioned in Latin texts.
2.4 miSW
Island
Arwad, Tartous
60 min walk • 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. It is the only inhabited island in Syria. It is located 3 km from Tartus, Syria's second-largest port. Today, Arwad is mainly a fishing town.

Tartus District, Tartous

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Tartus District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Amrit

Chastel Rouge

Arwad, Tartous