Awaru

Awaru
Uru
Hamlet
Awaru is located in Syria
Awaru
Awaru
Coordinates: 34°57′44″N 35°57′23″E / 34.96222°N 35.95639°E / 34.96222; 35.95639
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictTartus
SubdistrictAl-Sawda
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Awaru (Arabic: عورو; also spelled Uru) is a hamlet in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the al-Sawda municipality of the Tartus Governorate, located northeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include al-Sawda to the north, Khawabi to the east, Khirbet al-Faras to the southeast, Bimalkah to the south, Dweir al-Shaykh Saad to the southwest and Husayn al-Baher to the northwest. The inhabitants of the hamlet are Ismailis. Awaru was annexed to the al-Sawda municipality in 1971. It is currently apportioned one seat in the municipality's council of 10 elected representatives.[1]

  1. ^ Fabrice Balanche (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.