Tafas
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Tafas (, also spelled Tafs or Tuffas) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located north of Daraa. Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Saad and Nawa to the north, Da'el, Abtaa and al-Shaykh Maskin to the northeast, Saham al-Jawlan and Adwan to the northwest and Muzayrib to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tafas had a population of 32,236 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim.
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- Locality
- طفس
- Region
- محافظة درعا
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 31,249
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
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- Tafas
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- طفس
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- Syria
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- 250
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- Country
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- Syria
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- Governorate
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- Daraa Governorate
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- District
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- Daraa District
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- Nahiyah
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- Muzayrib
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- Village
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- 2004 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 32,236
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- طفس
- Population
- 32236
- Elevation
- 492
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- طفس
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Tafas (, also spelled Tafs or Tuffas) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located north of Daraa. Nearby localities include al-Shaykh Saad and Nawa to the north, Da'el, Abtaa and al-Shaykh Maskin to the northeast, Saham al-Jawlan and Adwan to the northwest and Muzayrib to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tafas had a population of 32,236 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslim.
==History== Before the Hellenistic era, the goddess Isis Lactans was worshipped in Tafas, as evidenced by the discovery of statuette of her in the town. During the Roman era in Syria, a Jewish community existed in Tafas. Several funerary stelae, the earliest dating to 64 BCE, were found in Tafas. A bronze patera from the Roman era was also found, but it was later stolen from the Mohammedan Museum of Damascus.
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