Official Name: | Hammam Wasel |
Native Name: | حمام واصل |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Baniyas |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Hammam Wasel |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 1,801 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.0761°N 36.0867°W |
Hammam Wasel (Arabic: حمام واصل, also spelled Hamam Wasil) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located northeast of Tartus. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah and al-Baydah to the west, Baniyas to the northwest, Annaza to the north, and al-Qadmus to the northeast, Masyaf to the east, Wadi al-Oyun to the southeast, al-Shaykh Badr to the south and al-Qamsiyah to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Hammam Wasel had a population of 1,801 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Hammam Wasel nahiyah ("sub-district") which contained 12 localities with a collective population of 8,522 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2] [3]