{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Talaf | native_name = طلف | other_name = | settlement_type = Village <!-- images and maps ----------->| image_skyline = | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Syria <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Syria <!-- Location ------------------>| coordinates = {{coord|34|54|39|N|36|33|40|E|region:SY|display=inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [[Syria]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Syria|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Hama Governorate|Hama]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Syria|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Hama District|Hama]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Nahiyah|Subdistrict]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Hirbnafsah]] <!-- Population ----------------------->| population_footnotes = | population_total = 4,934 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | website = | footnotes = | name = }}
'''Talaf''' ({{langx|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, Syria|Kisin]] 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 [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]], Talaf had a population of 4,934 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120723204435/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB05-1-2004.htm |date=2012-07-23 }}. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Hama Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Sunni Muslims]] of [[Syrian Turks|Turkmen]] descent.<ref>[[Eli Smith|Smith]], in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/179/mode/1up 179]</ref><ref>Hartmann, 2012, p. 54.</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Tallaf.jpg| File:Tallaf 3.jpg| </gallery>
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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|first=Martin|last=Hartmann|title=Reisebriefe aus Syrien|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BtU8ADAxofUC&q=Tullif+Hama|publisher=Books on Demand|year=2012|isbn=978-3864448010|language=German}} *{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}} {{refend}}
{{Hama Governorate|hama}}
[[Category:Populated places in Hama District]] [[Category:Turkmen settlements in Hama Governorate]]