Taftanaz

Taftanaz
تَفْتَنَاز
Teftanaz
Town
Taftanaz is located in Syria
Taftanaz
Taftanaz
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°59′49″N 36°47′12″E / 35.99694°N 36.78667°E / 35.99694; 36.78667
Country Syria
GovernorateIdlib
DistrictIdlib
SubdistrictTaftanaz
Control Syrian Salvation Government (Tahrir al-Sham)
Elevation
330 m (1,080 ft)
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total8,540
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Taftanaz (Arabic: تَفْتَنَاز, romanizedTaftanāz, also spelled Teftanaz) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Idlib Governorate, located 17 kilometers northeast of Idlib. Nearby localities include Ta'um and Binnish to the southwest, Maarrat Misrin to the west, Zardana to the northwest, Maarrat al-Ikhwan to the northeast and Bawabiyah to the east. Taftanaz is a primarily agricultural town and consists of concrete buildings. It is surrounded by wheat fields.[2]

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Taftanaz had a population of 8,540 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of the Taftanaz nahiyah which consists of five villages with a combined population of 24,145.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[3]

  1. ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. (in Arabic)
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  3. ^ Abouzeid, Rania. Going Rogue: Bandits and Criminal Gangs Threaten Syria’s Rebellion. TIME. 2012-07-30.