Taldara

Tall ad Dirrah
تل الدرة
Tall Derah, Tell Dera, Tell ad-Dura
Village
Tall ad Dirrah is located in Syria
Tall ad Dirrah
Tall ad Dirrah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°1′51″N 36°56′18″E / 35.03083°N 36.93833°E / 35.03083; 36.93833
Country Syria
GovernorateHama
DistrictSalamiyah
SubdistrictSalamiyah
Population
 (2009)
 • Total12,415
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
City Qrya PcodeC3224

Tall ad Dirrah (Arabic: تل الدرة, also spelled Tell Dirrah, Tall Derah, Talldarra or Tell ad-Dura) is a Syrian village in the Salamiyah Subdistrict in Salamiyah District, located southeast of Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Taldara had a population of 5,986 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Ismailis.[2]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Douwes, Dick (2010), "Modern History of the Nizari Ismailis of Syria", in Farhad Daftary (ed.), A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community, I. B. Tauris, ISBN 9780857735263