Al-Qassabin

Al-Qassabin

Al-Qassabin

Village in Latakia Governorate, Syria

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]

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

References

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