Hammam Wasel

Hammam Wasel (Arabic: حمام واصل, also spelled Hamam Wasil) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located northeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah and al-Baydah to the west, Baniyas to the northwest, Annaza to the north, and al-Qadmus to the northeast, Masyaf to the east, Wadi al-Oyun to the southeast, al-Shaykh Badr to the south and al-Qamsiyah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hammam Wasel had a population of 1,801 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hammam Wasel nahiyah ("sub-district") which contained 12 localities with a collective population of 8,522 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2][3]

Hammam Wasel
حمام واصل
Town
Hammam Wasel is located in Syria
Hammam Wasel
Hammam Wasel
Coordinates: 35°4′34″N 36°5′12″E
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictBaniyas
SubdistrictHammam Wasel
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total1,801
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

References
  1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Revue archéologique. (1897). Ernest Leroux. (in French)
  3. Boulanger, 1966, p. 450.

Bibliography
  • Boulanger, Robert (1966). The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran. Hachette.
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