Beit Yashout
Beit Yashout (Arabic: بيت ياشوط) 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 tae the wast an al-Daliyah tae the sooth. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Beit Yashout haed a population o 6,115 in the 2004 census.[1] The toun is locatit in the An-Nusayriyah muntains at an elevation o aroond 500 m (1,700 ft).
Beit Yashout بيت ياشوط | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
  Beit Yashout | |
| Coordinates: 35°19′1″N 36°7′49″E / 35.31694°N 36.13028°E | |
| Kintra |  Sirie |
| Govrenorate | Latakia Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Jableh Destrict |
| Nahiyah | Beit Yashout |
| Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,115 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Beit Yashout is ane o the settlements inhabitit bi the Alawite Hadadeen tribe, tae which umwhile first lady Aniseh Makhluf belangit.[2] Housomeivver, the veelage wis a traditional hame o the Bani Ali clan, Alawite an aw.[3] Beit Yashout is the hametoun o Muhammad al-Khuli, a prominent militar offeecial in Baathist govrenments in the 1960s an throughoot umwhile preses Hafez al-Assad's time in office (1970-2000).[4]
References
eedit- ↑ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ Batatu, p. 224.
- ↑ Antoun, p. 60.
- ↑ Batatu, p. 219.
Bibliografie
eedit- Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691002541.
- Antoun, Richard T. (1991). Syria: Society, Culture, and Polity. SUNY Press. ISBN 0791407136.