Tell Dahab ( ar, تل ذهب, also spelled Tal Dhahab) is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the

Homs Governorate Homs Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حمص / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥimṣ'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in central Syria. Its area differs in various sources, from to . It is thus geographic ...

, located northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include Taldou and Kafr Laha, Maryamin and

al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah Al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah ( ar, الطيبة الغربية, also spelled ''Teiba'' or ''Tayibeh al-Gharbiyeh'') is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, northwest of Homs. Nearby localities include al-Shinyah to ...

to the southwest, Awj to the west,

Aqrab Aqrab ( ar, عقرب, also spelled Akrab) is a Town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Nisaf and Baarin to the west, Awj to the southwest, Qarmas to the so ...

to the northwest,

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to the north and

Talaf Talaf ( ar, طلف}) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Musa al-Houla to the north, Hirbnafsah to the northeast, Kisin to the east, Burj Qa'i ...

to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Dahab had a population of 12,055 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

s. An ancient church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus, built during the

Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

era, is located in Tell Dahab. During the late Ottoman era, in 1829, Tell Dahab consisted of 65

feddan A feddan ( ar, فدّان, faddān) is a unit of area used in Egypt, Sudan, Syria, and the Oman. In Classical Arabic, the word means 'a yoke of oxen', implying the area of ground that could be tilled by oxen in a certain time. In Egypt, the fe ...

s and paid annual taxes of 6,930 qirsh. It was a well-established village by the 19th-century and during the brief

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ian, the local '' agha'' ("military commander") Abdullah Agha Tayfur invested in Tell Dahab.Douwes, 2000, p. 208.

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* * * Populated places in Homs District {{HomsSY-geo-stub