# Tasnin
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| subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [Syria](/source/Syria)
| subdivision_type1 = [Governorate](/source/Governorates_of_Syria)
| subdivision_name1 = [Homs](/source/Homs_Governorate)
| subdivision_type2 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Syria)
| subdivision_name2 = [Rastan](/source/Al-Rastan_District)
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'''Tasnin''' ({{langx|ar|تسنين|Tāsnīn}}, also spelled ''Tasneen'') is a village in middle of [Syria](/source/Syria), northern of Homs administratively part of the [Homs Governorate](/source/Homs_Governorate), located 20 kilometers northwest of [Homs](/source/Homs) in between the cities of [al-Rastan](/source/al-Rastan) and [Talbiseh](/source/Talbiseh)to West Alaasee River .[{{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}}] Other nearby localities include [Kafr Nan](/source/Kafr_Nan) and [Kissin](/source/Kissin%2C_Syria) to the northwest, [Gharnatah](/source/Gharnatah) to the northeast and [Akrad Dayasinah](/source/Akrad_Dayasinah) to the southwest.
According to the [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS), Tasnin had a population of 2,713 in the 2004 census.[[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](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS). Homs Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}] half of its inhabitants are [Turkmen](/source/Syrian_Turkmens) [Sunni Muslim](/source/Sunni_Muslim)s, and the other half [Alawites](/source/Alawites).[{{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}}] Tasnin's inhabitants mostly work in agriculture and [husbandry](/source/husbandry). The village has three schools and a mosque.