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![Hierarchy of Ṭarṭūs (governorate)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Ṭarṭūs (governorate) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 34 57 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.9500 decimal degrees |
Long: 036 04 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.0660 decimal degrees |
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Names: |
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Ṭarṭūs (preferred,C,V)
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Muḩāfaz̧at Ţarţūs (C,V)
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Tarţūs (C,V)
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Tarṭūs (C,V)
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Ṭarṭūṣ (C,V)
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Ṭarṭūs governorate (C,V)
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طرطوس (C,V,Arabic)
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محافظة طرطوس (C,V,Arabic-P)
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Muḩāfaz̧at Ţarţūs (C,U,O,Arabic (transliterated)-P)
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SY14 (C,U,FIPS)
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Ţarţūs (C,U,Arabic (transliterated))
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Tartus (C,U,English)
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Tartus (Norwegian)
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Tartous (C,U,French)
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Tartus Governorate (C,U,English)
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Мухафаза Тартус (C,U,Russian)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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![Hierarchy of Asia (continent)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Ṭarṭūs (governorate)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Ṭarṭūs (governorate) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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governorate (preferred, C) |
............ |
formed in early 1970s |
first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Ṭarṭūs .......... (inhabited place) |
.................. |
(World, Asia, Syria, Ṭarṭūs) [7002313] |
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