Al-Rawda, Tartus

Al-Rawda الروضة Rauda
Town
Al-Rawda Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°4′8″N 35°54′38″E / 35.06889°N 35.91056°ECoordinates: 35°4′8″N 35°54′38″E / 35.06889°N 35.91056°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
District	Baniyas
Subdistrict	Rawda
Population (2004)
• Total	3,131

Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة‎‎; also spelled Rauda) is a small town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is situated along the Mediterranean coast and just west of the Syrian Coastal Mountains in between Tartus (to the south) and Baniyas (to the north). According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Rawda had a population of 3,131 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Rawda Subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of nine localities with a collective population of 11,688.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians,^[2] from various denominations.^[3]

References

1. "General Census of Population 2004.". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
3. "Banyas Massacre" (PDF). Syrian Network for Human Rights. 2013-10-05.