Arab al-Mulk
Arab al-Mulk (Arabic: عرب الملك, spelt Arab al-Milk an aw, Beldi al-Melek, Balda al-Milk or Beldeh) is a coastal veelage in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Jableh Destrict in the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit sooth o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Jableh tae the north, Ayn al-Sharqiyah tae the northeast, Qurfays an Dweir Baabda tae the east an Baniyas tae the sooth. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Arab al-Mulk haed a population o 3,580 in the 2004 census.[1] The inhabitants are mixed, wi Sunni Muslims o Bedouin oreegins generally residin in the northren pairt o the veelage, an Alawites livin in the soothren pairt which is kent as Beldi al-Melek.[2]
Arab al-Mulk عرب الملك | |
|---|---|
Veelage | |
  Arab al-Mulk | |
| Coordinates: 35°16′2″N 35°55′32″E / 35.26722°N 35.92556°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Latakia Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Jableh Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Jableh |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,580 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Geografie
eeditIt is situatit aff the Mediterranean coast, on the richt bank o the Sinn tributar (Nahr al-Sinn) as it empties intae the sea. It occupees a sma peninsulae. The soothren pairt o the veelage on the left bank is kent as Beldi al-Melek. Tae the immediate northwast o the veelage is a sma creek that measurs aroond 110 metres lang an 60 metres wide.[3]
References
eedit- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2004, p. 15.
- ↑ The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 2004, p. 14.
Bibliography
eedit- Baedeker, Karl (1876). Palestine and Syria, Handbook for Travellers. 1. Karl Baedeker.
- Ball, Warwick (2007). Syria: A Historical and Architectural Guide. Interlink Books. ISBN 1566566657.
- Riley-Smith, Jonathan (2012). The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, c.1070-1309. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0230290833.[deid airtin]
- Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2004). Historisk-filosofiske Skrifter. 28. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 8778763673.
- le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.