Autan (Arabic: أوتان, also spelled Otan, Awtan or Wetan) is a village in northern Syria located northwest of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Autan had a population of 583 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronites.[2]

Autan
أوتان
Otan
Village
Autan is located in Syria
Autan
Autan
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°49′7″N 36°25′15″E / 34.81861°N 36.42083°E / 34.81861; 36.42083
Country Syria
GovernorateHoms
DistrictHoms
SubdistrictQabu
Population
 (2004)
 • Total
583
Time zoneUTC 2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) 3

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 181

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