Talaf ( ar, طلف}) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the

Hama Governorate Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib and Aleppo Governorates to the south, Raqqa Governorate to t ...

, located southwest of

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. Nearby localities include Musa al-Houla to the north, Hirbnafsah to the northeast,

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to the east, Burj Qa'i to the south, Taldou to the southwest and Kafr Laha and Tell Dahab to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Talaf had a population of 4,934 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

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of Turkmen descent.Hartmann, 2012, p. 54.

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* * {{Hama Governorate, hama Populated places in Hama District Turkmen communities in Syria