Al-Tall (Arabic: التل, romanized: at-Tall, also spelled al-Tell) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate and capital of the al-Tall District. Situated in the middle of the Anti-Lebanon mountains, having an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters above sea level.[2] Nearby localities include Maaraba to the southwest, Damascus to the south, Dahiyat al-Assad and Douma to the southeast, Maarat Saidnaya to the northeast, Manin to the north, Ashrafiyat al-Wadi and Basimah to the northwest and al-Hamah and Qudsaya to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Tall had a population of 44,597 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.[2]

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Al-Tall التل Al-Tell
Al-Tall Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°36′0″N 36°18′0″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Rif Dimashq
District	al-Tall
Subdistrict	al-Tall
Elevation	1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	44,597
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3

In the early 1960s al-Tall was reported to be a large village of 3,500 inhabitants. It had a large mosque surrounded by several column fragments, hewn stones and burial grottoes.[2]

Notable People

• Muhammad Mustafa Mero, former Prime Minister of Syria

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