Talin, Syria

{{Short description|Town in northwestern Syria}}

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|native_name = تالين

|other_name = Taleen

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|subdivision_name1 = Tartus

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|subdivision_name2 = Baniyas

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|subdivision_name3 = Talin

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Talin ({{langx|ar|تالين}}, also spelled Taleen) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located between Baniyas (to the west) and al-Qadmus (to the east). It is situated in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Talin had a population of 3,699 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Talin Subdistrict which contained five localities with a collective population of 8,351 in 2004.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200506193849/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-12-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French}}