Taftanaz
تفتناز / Taftanāz Taftanaz |
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Coordinates | 36 ° 0 ′ N , 36 ° 47 ′ E | |
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Country | Syria | |
Idlib | ||
District | Idlib | |
ISO 3166-2 | SY ID | |
height | 330 m | |
Residents | 15,000 |
Taftanaz ( Arabic تفتناز, DMG Taftanāz ) is a small town and the capital of a district in northwest Syria in the Idlib governorate .
Taftanaz is 17 km northeast of Idlib on the road to Aleppo . The population is approximately 15,000. Most of the fields grown in the surrounding area are cotton.