Tasil
Tasil
تسيل Tsil | |
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Town | |
Tasil | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′7″N 35°58′17″E / 32.83528°N 35.97139°E | |
| Grid position | 241/249 PAL |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Tasil |
| Elevation | 525 m (1,722 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 15,985 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tasil (Arabic: تسيل, also spelled Tsil) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. Nearby localities include Nawa to the northeast, Adawan and ash-Shaykh Saad to the east, Jalin and Tafas to the south, Saham al-Jawlan to the southwest and Saida and the Golan Heights to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Tasil had a population of 15,985 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") consisting of three localities with a combined population of 17,778 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
It is situated on an elevation of 1,722 feet (525 meters) above sea level surrounded by extensive tracts of arable, but stony land.