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Tartus

طرطوس
Hamrat Street
Hamrat Street
Country Syria
Governorate Tartus Governorate
District Tartus District
Population
 (2004 cenus)
 • City 115,769
 • Metro
162,980
Area code(s) 43
Website http://www.tartous.gov.sy

Tartus (Arabic: طرطوس‎ / ALA-LC: Ṭarṭūs; also known as Tartous) is a city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. It is the second largest port city in Syria (after Latakia), with 115,769 inhabitants (2004 census). It is on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

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  • Hamrat

    Hamrat street, Tartus, 1970

  • Illustration from Views in the Ottoman Dominions by Luigi Mayer, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 57

    Tartus, painted by Luigi Mayer

  • Notre dame de tortosa

    The Crusader-era cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa.

  • Tartus port1

    Tartus port

  • Boats on Tartus boat harbor

    Boats in Tartus harbor

  • Amrit Santuario Fenicio - GAR - 2-01

    Phoenician Temple (Ma'abed), cella at the center of the court, Amrit of Tartus in 2006

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