Tartus

Tartus

طَرْطُوس
Tortosa
Tartus طَرْطُوس Tortosa
City
	Port of Tartus Tartus beach and boulevard Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa Tartus Stadium Citadel of Tartus
	Seal
	Nickname(s): Rope; (Arabic: حبل)
	Tartus Location in Syria Tartus Tartus (Eastern Mediterranean) Tartus Tartus (Asia)
	Coordinates: 34°53′N 35°53′E / 34.883°N 35.883°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus Governorate
District	Tartus District
Subdistrict	Tartus Subdistrict
Established	5nd millennium BC
Founded by	Phoenicians
Government
• Governor	Firas Ahmed Al-Hamid[needs update]
Area
• Land	20 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population (2023 Estimate)
• City	458,327
• Metro	458,327
Demonym(s)	Arabic: طرطوسي, romanized: Ṭarṭūsi
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)	Country code: 963, City code: 43
Geocode	C5221
Climate	CSa
Website	eTartus

Tartus (Arabic: طَرْطُوس / ALA-LC: Ṭarṭūs; known in the County of Tripoli as Tortosa and also transliterated from French Tartous) is a major port city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria.^[4] It is the second largest port city in Syria (after Latakia), and the largest city in Tartus Governorate.^[5] Tartus was under the governance of Latakia Governorate until the 1970s, when it became a separate governorate.^[6] The population is 458,327 (2023 estimate).^[7] In the summer it is a vacation spot for many Syrians.

^ Cite error: The named reference est. was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "President al-Assad issues decrees on appointing new governors for eight Syrian provinces". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Tartus Population 2023". Macrotrends. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
^ "Tartus in the Present Crisis: A Mirror of the Syrian Regime". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
^ Syrian Arab Republic – Governorates profile (PDF), UNOCHA, June 2014, retrieved 20 March 2020
^ "Syria Provinces". www.statoids.com.
^ "world population review". Tartus Population. world population review.

[est.-1] Cite error: The named reference est. was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "President al-Assad issues decrees on appointing new governors for eight Syrian provinces". Syrian Arab News Agency. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[3] "Tartus Population 2023". Macrotrends. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

[4] "Tartus in the Present Crisis: A Mirror of the Syrian Regime". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

[5] Syrian Arab Republic – Governorates profile (PDF), UNOCHA, June 2014, retrieved 20 March 2020

[Statoids-6] "Syria Provinces". www.statoids.com.

[7] "world population review". Tartus Population. world population review.

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Tartus طَرْطُوس Tortosa
City
Port of Tartus Tartus beach and boulevard Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa Tartus Stadium Citadel of Tartus
Seal
Nickname(s): Rope; (Arabic: حبل)
Tartus Location in Syria Show map of Syria Tartus Tartus (Eastern Mediterranean) Show map of Eastern Mediterranean Tartus Tartus (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 34°53′N 35°53′E / 34.883°N 35.883°E / 34.883; 35.883
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus Governorate
District	Tartus District
Subdistrict	Tartus Subdistrict
Established	5nd millennium BC^[1]
Founded by	Phoenicians
Government
• Governor	Firas Ahmed Al-Hamid^[2]^{[needs update]}
Area
• Land	20 km² (8 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population (2023 Estimate)^[3]
• City	458,327
• Metro	458,327
Demonym(s)	Arabic: طرطوسي, romanized: Ṭarṭūsi
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s)	Country code: 963, City code: 43
Geocode	C5221
Climate	CSa
Website	eTartus