A satellite image of Arwad, with Tartus on the Syrian coast to the east
Arwad (Phoenician: 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤃, romanized: ʾrwd; Arabic: أرواد, romanized: ʾArwād), the classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad Subdistrict (nahiyah), of which it is the only locality.[1] It is the only inhabited island in Syria. It is located 3 km (1.9 mi) from Tartus (the ancient Tortosa), Syria's second-largest port.
Today, Arwad is mainly a fishing town. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, during the 2004 census, it had a population of 4,403, predominantly Syrian Sunni Muslims.[2] Plans were unveiled in May 2016 to renovate the island to become a tourist attraction.[3]
^ abGeneral Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
^Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien(PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
^Syrian Ministry of Tourism Arwad Regeneration Programme
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