Tasil

Tasil تسيل
Town
Tasil
Coordinates: 32°50′7″N 35°58′17″E / 32.83528°N 35.97139°E / 32.83528; 35.97139
Grid position	241/249 PAL
Country	Syria
Governorate	Daraa
District	'Izra
Subdistrict	Tasil
Elevation	525 m (1,722 ft)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	15,985
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Tasil (Arabic: تسيل, also spelled Tsil) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izra District of the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include Nawa to the northeast, Adwan and al-Shaykh Saad to the east, Jalin and Tafas to the south, Saham al-Jawlan to the southwest and Saida and the Golan Heights to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tasil had a population of 15,985 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of three localities with a combined population of 17,778 in 2004.^[1]

It is situated on an elevation of 1,722 feet (525 meters) above sea level surrounded by extensive tracts of arable, but stony land.^[2]