City profile · Syria · Asia
Ţarţūs
Tartus · Syria
City population
458,327
#7
in Syria
#1
in Tartus
#1,260
worldwide
34.889, 35.887 · 158 km from Damascus
About Ţarţūs
Ţarţūs is a city in Tartus, Syria with a population of 458,327. It is the 7th largest of the 88 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Syria, and the 1,260th largest worldwide. It lies 158 km from Damascus.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Tartus
Rank in region
#1of 3
Elevation
20 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Damascus
Coordinates
34.889, 35.887
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 88 in SyriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.