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Rastan may refer to: * Al-Rastan, a city in Syria * Al-Rastan District Ar-Rastan District ( ar-at, منطقة الرستن, manṭiqat ar-Rastan) is a district of the Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinc ..., a district in Syria * ''Rastan'' (video game), a 1987 arcade video game from Taito {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Rastan
Al-Rastan ( ar, الرستن) is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located north of its administrative capital Homs and from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south, al-Zaafaraniyah and al-Mashrafah to the southeast, Murayj al-Durr to the northeast, Tumin to the north, Deir al-Fardis to the northwest and Kafr Nan and the Houla village cluster to the west. Ar-Rastan had a population of nearly 40,000 in 2004. It occupies the site of the Hellenistic-era city of Arethusa ( grc, Ἀρέθουσα) and still contains some of its ancient ruins. It continued to exist as a relatively small, but strategic town throughout the early Islamic and Ottoman eras. Ar-Rastan is situated adjacently south of the large bridge linking Homs and Hama. The total land area of the town is 350 hectares. It is the site of the al-Rastan Dam, a major dam on the Orontes River that has a retaining capacity of 225 million m³. The dam is principally used for irrigation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Rastan District
Ar-Rastan District ( ar-at, منطقة الرستن, manṭiqat ar-Rastan) is a district of the Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ... in central Syria. The administrative centre is the city of ar-Rastan. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 127,806. Sub-districts The district of ar-Rastan is divided into two sub-districts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004): * Al-Rastan Subdistrict (ناحية الرستن): population 64,271. * Talbiseh Subdistrict (ناحية تلبيسة): population 63,784. References Districts of Homs Governorate {{HomsSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |