Al-Qassabin
القصابين | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 35°19′54″N 36°2′20″E / 35.33167°N 36.03889°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Latakia Governorate |
District | Jableh District |
Nahiyah | Ayn Shiqaq |
Population (2004 census)
[1] | |
• Total | 780 |
Time zone | UTC+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]