Al-Qassabin

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Al-Qassabin
القصابين
Village
Al-Qassabin is located in Syria
Al-Qassabin
Al-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
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
780
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.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

The town is notable as the birthplace of the Syrian poet Ali Ahmed Said, better known as Adunis.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.