Al-Qassabin (Arabic: القصابين‎) is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Jableh Destrict o the Latakia Govrenorate, an locatit sooth o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah an Beit Yashout tae the east an Siyano, Jableh an Bustan al-Basha tae the northwast. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, al-Qassabin haed a population o 780 in the 2004 census.[1] The toun is notable as the birthplace o the Sirie poet, Ali Ahmed Said, kent as Adonis an aw.

Al-Qassabin

القصابين
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Al-Qassabin is located in Syrie
Al-Qassabin
Al-Qassabin
Coordinates: 35°19′54″N 36°2′20″E / 35.33167°N 36.03889°E / 35.33167; 36.03889
Kintra Sirie
GovrenorateLatakia Govrenorate
DestrictJableh Destrict
NahiyahAyn Shuqaq
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total780
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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  1. a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2020-01-10 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)