Arwad
Ancient city · Syria
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.858, 35.859
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
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History
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 3 km (1.9 mi) from Tartus, Syria's second-largest port.