| LC control no. | no 00031994 |
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| Geographic heading | Ṭarṭūs (Syria) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Syria--Ṭarṭūs |
| Variant(s) | Tartous (Syria) |
| Found in | U.S. Defense Mapping Agency. Al Lādhiqȳah and Ṭarṭūs, 1996: map recto (Ṭarṭūs, Syria) BGN, Syria, 5/2/2000 (Tartus, ppl., 34°53ʹN, 35°53ʹE) Lippincott (Tartus, town, Tartus dist., W Syria, port on the Mediterranean Sea; occupies the anc. site of Antaradus; in 346 it was rebuilt by Constantine and came to be known, for a time, as Constantia; occupied by Crusaders who held the town from 1102-1291, and renamed Tartosa; also spelled Tartous) Web. geog. Times atlas |
| Geographic area code | a-sy--- |
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