Al-Rastan
Sign in to saveAl-Rastan () is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located north of its administrative capital Homs and from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south, al-Zaafaraniyah and al-Mashrafah to the southeast, Murayj al-Durr to the northeast, Tumin to the north, Deir al-Fardis to the northwest and Kafr Nan and the Houla village cluster to the west. Ar-Rastan had a population of nearly 40,000 in 2004.
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Place details
- Locality
- الرستن
- Region
- محافظة حمص
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 53,152
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Al-Rastan
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rastan, 1934-39.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ar-Rastan (on hill in background) and waterwheel (forefront) separated by Orontes River, 1930s
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Syria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Syria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Homs
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Ar-Rastan Subdistrict
- Population
- +61176
- Elevation
- +430
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Al-Rastan District
- Image
- Rastan, 1934-39.jpg
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Classical era
- Byzantine era
- Islamic era
- Modern era
- Syrian civil war
- Demographics
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Al-Rastan () is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located north of its administrative capital Homs and from Hama. Nearby localities include Talbiseh and al-Ghantu to the south, al-Zaafaraniyah and al-Mashrafah to the southeast, Murayj al-Durr to the northeast, Tumin to the north, Deir al-Fardis to the northwest and Kafr Nan and the Houla village cluster to the west. Ar-Rastan had a population of nearly 40,000 in 2004.
It occupies the site of the Hellenistic-era city of Arethusa () and still contains some of its ancient ruins. It continued to exist as a relatively small, but strategic town throughout the early Islamic and Ottoman eras. Ar-Rastan is situated adjacently south of the large bridge linking Homs and Hama. The total land area of the town is 350 hectares. It is the site of the al-Rastan Dam, a major dam on the Orontes River that has a retaining capacity of 225 million m3. The dam is principally used for irrigation. The city also contains one of Syria's principal marlstone quarries.