al-Tawani

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|native_name = التواني

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|subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria

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|subdivision_name1 = Rif Dimashq Governorate

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|subdivision_name2 = Al-Qutayfah District

|subdivision_type3 = Nahiyah

|subdivision_name3 = Ma'loula

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|population_total = 2446

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Al-Tawani ({{langx|ar|التواني}}) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus in the Qalamoun Mountains. Nearby localities include Ma'loula to the northeast, Hosh Arab and Assal al-Ward to the north, Hala to the south, and al-Qutayfah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Tawani had a population of 2,446 in the 2004 census.[https://archive.today/20130112140931/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-17-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/172/mode/1up 172]

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  • {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}

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Category:Populated places in Al-Qutayfah District

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