Tartus Governorate

• Al-Kahf Castle – Isma'ili castle
• Hosn Sulaiman
• Aleika Castle – Isma'ili castle
• Amrit – Phoenician city
• Chastel Rouge (Qal’at Yahmur) – Crusader castle
• Hosn Suleiman
• Margat – Crusader castle
• Citadel of Arwad
• Tell Kazel – Bronze age site (possibly the ancient city of Sumur)
• Carne – Phoenician city
• Chastel Blanc
• Citadel of Tartus
• {{ill|Burj Al-Sabi|fr}}

Tartus comprises roughly half of Syria's Mediterranean coastline; offshore lie five small islands, the largest of which is Arwad.{{cite web |title=Arwad, Fortress at Sea |url=http://www.aramcoworld.com/en-US/Articles/January-2016/Arwad-Fortress-at-Sea |publisher=Aramco World |access-date=3 November 2018}} Inland the terrain is mountainous, comprising a section of the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range (Nusayriyah Mountains).Federal Research Division, Library of Congress (2005) [http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Syria.pdf "Country Profile: Syria"] page 5 The Nahr al-Kabir river forms the border with Lebanon to the south.United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia et al., "Nahr el Kabir Basin", Inventory of Shared Water Resources in Western Asia 8 [https://waterinventory.org/sites/waterinventory.org/files/chapters/Chapter-08-Nahr-el-Kabir-Basin-web.pdf PDF]

Tartus is the regional capital; other major settlements include Al-Hamidiyah, Al Qadmus, Al-Sawda, Ayn ash Shams, Baniyas, Qusaybah and Safita.

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The governorate is divided into five districts (manatiq). The districts are further divided into 27 sub-districts (nawahi):{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

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• Tartus District (7 sub-districts)
• Tartus Subdistrict
• Arwad Subdistrict
• Al-Hamidiyah Subdistrict
• Khirbet al-Maazah Subdistrict
• Al-Sawda Subdistrict
• Al-Karimah Subdistrict
• Al-Safsafah Subdistrict
• Baniyas District (7 sub-districts)
• Baniyas Subdistrict
• Al-Rawda Subdistrict
• Al-Annazah Subdistrict
• Al-Qadmus Subdistrict
• Hammam Wasel Subdistrict
• Al-Tawahin Subdistrict
• Talin Subdistrict

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• Duraykish District (4 sub-districts)
• Duraykish Subdistrict
• Junaynet Ruslan Subdistrict
• Hamin Subdistrict
• Dweir Ruslan Subdistrict
• Safita District (6 sub-districts)
• Safita Subdistrict
• Mashta al-Helu Subdistrict
• Al-Bariqiyah Subdistrict
• Sebei Subdistrict
• Al-Sisiniyah Subdistrict
• Ras al-Khashufah Subdistrict
• Al-Shaykh Badr District (3 sub-districts)
• Al-Shaykh Badr Subdistrict
• Brummanet al-Mashayekh Subdistrict
• Al-Qamsiyah Subdistrict

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As per the 2004 Syrian census the population was 701,400. A 2011 UNOCHA estimate put the population at 797,000, an estimate preceding the Syrian Civil War which caused a large population decline and socioeconomic devastation.{{citation |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Syria%20governorate%20profiles%206%20August%202014.pdf|publisher= UNOCHA |title= Syrian Arab Republic – Governorates profile|date=June 2014|access-date= 20 March 2020}}

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The estimated population of 797,000 represented roughly 4% of Syria's population at the time. The population was almost entirely ethnic Arabs; these were Alawites at 69%, 18% Sunni Muslims, 7% Ismaili Muslims, and 6% were Christians (mostly Greek Orthodox).{{citation |url=https://www.kfcris.com/pdf/5e43a7813784133606d70cc8b52d433b5909a9623e8c2.pdf|publisher= King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies |title= "Useful Syria" and Demographic Changes in Syria|author=Hussain Ibrahim Qutrib|date=2016|access-date= 20 March 2020}} There was a small Cretan Greek community concentrated in Al-Hamidiyah, the descendants of refugees who fled the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.[http://webs.uvigo.es/ssl/actas2002/05/08.%20Roula%20Tsokalidou.pdf Greek-Speaking Enclaves of Lebanon and Syria] by Roula Tsokalidou. Proceedings II Simposio Internacional Bilingüismo. Retrieved 4 December 2006

File:Tartus_governorate_-_physical_map.png|Map of Tartus governorate

File:Safita overview.jpg|Safita

File:Kaf Aljaa.jpg|Mountains near Kaff al-Jaa

File:Marqab2.jpg|Margat Castle

File:Al-Kafroun (Arabic الكفرون).jpg|Al Kafrun

File:Arwad Castle 阿瓦德古堡 - panoramio.jpg|Arwad Castle

• Alawite State

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• [http://www.esyria.sy/etartus/ etartus] The First Complete website for Tartus news and services

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