Tartous-Sana
Tobacco cultivation in Tartous governorate is of great importance, as many families depend on it as their only source of livelihood, especially in the mountainous countryside in the areas of Qadmous, Sheikh Badr, Drikish and the Akkar Plain. The cultivated area is estimated at about 20,000 dunams, and the number of tobacco farmers in the governorate exceeds 20,000.