Arwad (Arabic: أرواد) – formerly known as Arado (Greek: Άραδο), Arados (Greek: Άραδος), Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, and Antiochia in Pieria (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Πιερίας), also called Ruad Island – located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only inhabited island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island. It is located 3 km from Tartus, Syria's largest port. Today, it is mainly a fishing town. (Arados was also a Greek name for Muharraq near Bahrain.)
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