Arwad

thumb|A satellite image of Arwad, with Tartus on the [[Syrian coast to the east]]

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Arwad
Settlement.native_name: أرواد
Settlement.other_name: Aradus
Settlement.image_skyline: Ruad_large.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Satellite image of Arwad
Settlement.pushpin_map: Syria#Mediterranean east
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Syria
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tartus

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Contents

Etymology
History
Ancient history
Egyptian Period
Assyrian Period
Persian Period
Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Period
Roman Period
Bishopric
Medieval history
Contemporary era
See also
References and sources
References
Sources
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thumb|A satellite image of Arwad, with Tartus on the [[Syrian coast to the east]]

Arwad (; ), 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. It is the only inhabited island in Syria. It is located from Tartus (the ancient Tortosa), Syria's second-largest port.