Tadmur
Tadmur تدمر | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
 The modren toun o Tadmur | |
  Tadmur | |
| Coordinates: 34°33′36″N 38°16′2″E / 34.56000°N 38.26722°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Homs Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Tadmur Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Tadmur |
| Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 51,323 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code(s) | 31 |
Tadmur (Arabic: تدمر; spelt, Tadmor an aw; auncient Palmira) is a ceety in central Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Homs Govrenorate. It is locatit in an oasis in the middle o the Sirie Desert 215 km northeast o Damascus[2] and 180 km soothwast o the Euphrates. The auncient ruins o Palmira are situatit aboot 500 metres soothwast o Tadmur.[3] Awtho relatively isolatit, the nearest localities include Arak tae the east, al-Sukhnah further tae the northeast, Tiyas tae the wast an al-Qaryatayn tae the soothwast. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS), Tadmur haed a population of 51,323 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants wur recordit tae be Sunni Muslims in 1838.[4]
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]Tadmur is the modren dounset o the auncient ceety o Palmira, which developit adjacently tae the north o the auncient ruins.[5] The modren ceety is built alang a grid pattern. Quwatli Street is the main road an runs east-wast, stairtin frae the Saahat al-Ra'is Square on the wastren edge o the toun.[3] The ceety currently serves as a base for tourists visitin the ruins.[5] It haes a museum in the soothwastren pairt o the ceety.[3] Sirie haulds an annual cultural festival in Tadmur celebratin the ceety's auncient heritage.[6] The Palmira Airport is locatit in Tadmur an aw.
Tadmur serves as a centre for Sirie's phosphate minin an natural gas industries.[5] The first phosphate mine run bi the govrenment wis establisht near Tadmur an stairtit production in 1971.[7] Wirk tae connect Tadmur's phosphate mines tae the port o Tartus began in 1978.[8] In 1986 Soviet surveyors discovered lairge iron ore deposits in the vicinity o Tadmur.[9]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2012-12-20 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Homs Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Syria uncovers 'largest church' BBC News Online, 14 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
- ↑ a b c Carter, p. 205.
- ↑ Smith, 1841, p. 174.
- ↑ a b c Knowles, 2006.
- ↑ Cavendish, p. 439.
- ↑ Federal Research Division, p. 169.
- ↑ Federal Research Division, p. 194.
- ↑ Federal Research Division, p. 170.
Bibliografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Carter, Terry (2008). Syria and Lebanon 3. Lonely Planet. ISBN 1741046092.
- Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. 3. Crocker and Brewster.