{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tasnin | native_name = تسنين | other_name = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | 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 | coordinates = {{coord|34|52|10|N|36|39|29|E|region:SY|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Homs | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Rastan | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = Rastan | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | government_type = | government_footnotes = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Imperial <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use<ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 2,713 | population_as_of = 2004 | population_density_km2 = | population_note = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | website = | footnotes = | name = }} '''Tasnin''' ({{langx|ar|تسنين|Tāsnīn}}, also spelled ''Tasneen'') is a village in middle of Syria, northern of Homs administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 20 kilometers northwest of Homs in between the cities of al-Rastan and Talbisehto West Alaasee River .<ref name="Ayyam">{{cite news|date=2014-03-03|script-title=ar:مجزرة تسنين – ريف حمص الشمالي / التطهير الطائفي -د. خولة الحديد|language=Arabic|work=Al-Ayyam|url=http://ayyam.org/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007092410/http://ayyam.org/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B5-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1/|archivedate=2015-10-07}}</ref> Other nearby localities include Kafr Nan and Kissin to the northwest, Gharnatah to the northeast and Akrad Dayasinah to the southwest.
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tasnin had a population of 2,713 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-18-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112185055/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB04-18-2004.htm |date=2013-01-12 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> half of its inhabitants are Turkmen Sunni Muslims, and the other half Alawites.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-01-06|title=الذاكرة الثامنة لمجزرة "تسنين" في ريف حمص الشمالي|url=https://www.zaitunagency.net/45738/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-06|website=وكالة زيتون الإعلامية|language=ar}}</ref> Tasnin's inhabitants mostly work in agriculture and husbandry. The village has three schools and a mosque.<ref name="Ayyam"/>
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{{Homs Governorate|rastan}}
Category:Populated places in al-Rastan District Category:Turkmen settlements in Homs Governorate Category:Alawite communities in Syria
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