Ayn Shiqaq
Ayn al-Shiqaq (Arabic: عين شقاق, spelt Ain al-Shiqaq an aw) is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Jableh Destrict in the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit sooth o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Zama tae the sootheast, al-Qassabin tae the sooth, Siyano tae the soothwast, Jableh tae the wast, Qardaha tae the northeast, al-Budi an Harf al-Musaytirah tae the east. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Ayn al-Shiqaq haed a population o 4,125 in the 2004 census. It is the admeenistrative centre o the Ayn al-Shiqaq nahiyah ("subdestrict") which contains 15 localities wi a total population o 16,031 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. Ayn al-Shiqaq is the birthplace o notit Sirie poet Nadim Muhammad (1907-1994).[2]
Ayn al-Shiqaq عين شقاق | |
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Toun | |
  Ayn al-Shiqaq | |
| Coordinates: 35°23′41″N 36°1′51″E / 35.39472°N 36.03083°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Latakia Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Jableh Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Ayn al-Shiqaq |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,125 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
References eedit
- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Kedar, 2006, p. 32.
Bibliografie eedit
- Kedar, Mordechai (2006). Asad in Search of Legitimacy: Message and Rhetoric in the Syrian Press Under Hafiz and Bashar. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1845191854.