Taunah ( ar, التاعونة) is a
Syrian village located in the
Awj Subdistrict
Awj Subdistrict ( ar, ناحية عوج) is a Syrian ''nahiyah'' (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Awj Subdistrict had a population of 33344 in the 2004 census.
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Masyaf District
Masyaf District ( ar, مصياف ') is a district ( mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 169,341. Its administrative centre is the city of Masyaf.
Sub-districts
The district of ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Taunah had a population of 1,056 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Alawites
The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isl ...
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References
Populated places in Masyaf District
Alawite communities in Syria
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