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(Redirected from Al Qassabin) Village in Latakia Governorate, Syria
Al-Qassabin القصابين
Village
Al-Qassabin is located in SyriaAl-QassabinAl-Qassabin
Coordinates: 35°19′54″N 36°2′20″E / 35.33167°N 36.03889°E / 35.33167; 36.03889
Country Syria
GovernorateLatakia Governorate
DistrictJableh District
NahiyahAyn Shiqaq
Population
 • Total780
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Qassabin (Arabic: القصابين) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate, and located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah and Beit Yashout to the east and Siyano, Jableh and Bustan al-Basha to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qassabin had a population of 780 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.

The town is notable as the birthplace of the Syrian poet Ali Ahmed Said, better known as Adunis.

References

  1. ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
  3. "The Man Who Remade Arabic Poetry". 11 December 2017.
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