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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Port" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Port"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Port</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Port-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agriculture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agriculture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Agriculture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agriculture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Twin towns – sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main 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badge"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="اللاذقية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="اللاذقية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Լաթաքիա – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Լաթաքիա" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fl-Laziqiyy%C9%99" title="Əl-Laziqiyyə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Əl-Laziqiyyə" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%87" title="لاذقیه – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لاذقیه" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE" title="লাতাকিয়া – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="লাতাকিয়া" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Латакія – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Латакія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Латакия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Латакия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakija" title="Latakija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Latakija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia_(kapital_sa_lalawigan_sa_Sirya)" title="Latakia (kapital sa lalawigan sa Sirya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Latakia (kapital sa lalawigan sa Sirya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%C3%A1kie" title="Latákie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Latákie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1" title="Λαττάκεια – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λαττάκεια" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakio" title="Latakio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Latakio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%87" title="لاذقیه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لاذقیه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattaqui%C3%A9" title="Lattaquié – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lattaquié" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%ED%83%80%ED%82%A4%EC%95%84" title="라타키아 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="라타키아" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Լաթակիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լաթակիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="लताकिया – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="लताकिया" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakija" title="Latakija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Latakija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Латаки – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Латаки" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laodicea_(Siria)" title="Laodicea (Siria) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Laodicea (Siria)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%94" title="לטקיה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לטקיה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ლატაკია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლატაკია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Латакия шаары – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Латакия шаары" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laodicea" title="Laodicea – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Laodicea" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%81dik%C4%ABja" title="Lādikīja – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lādikīja" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakija" title="Latakija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Latakija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ლატაკია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ლატაკია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%87" title="اللاذقيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اللاذقيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%87" title="لاذقیه – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="لاذقیه" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Латакия – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Латакия" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Латакия – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Латакия" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia_(stad)" title="Latakia (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Latakia (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2" title="ラタキア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ラタキア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattakia" title="Lattakia – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Lattakia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loziqiya" title="Loziqiya – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Loziqiya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%DB%8C%DB%81" title="لاذقیہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لاذقیہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laodicea" title="Laodicea – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Laodicea" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lataquia" title="Lataquia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lataquia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Латакия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Латакия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakija" title="Latakija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Latakija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%82%DB%8C%DB%95" title="لازقیە – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لازقیە" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Латакија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Латакија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakija" title="Latakija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Latakija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%E1%B8%8Dqeyya" title="Laḍqeyya – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Laḍqeyya" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lataqi%C3%A4" title="Lataqiä – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Lataqiä" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D2%9B%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Лозиқия – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Лозиқия" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazkiye" title="Lazkiye – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lazkiye" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Латакія – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Латакія" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%D9%82%DB%8C%DB%81" title="لاذقیہ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="لاذقیہ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%89%D9%82%D9%89%D9%8A%DB%95" title="لازىقىيە – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="لازىقىيە" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia" title="Latakia – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Latakia" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E5%A1%94%E5%9F%BA%E4%BA%9A" title="拉塔基亚 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="拉塔基亚" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E5%A1%94%E5%9F%BA%E4%BA%9E" title="拉塔基亞 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Latakia</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ٱللَّاذْقِيَّة</span></span> / <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ٱللَّاذِقِيَّة</span></span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Laodicea, Lattaki</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">City</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid white;width:266px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:2px 0 0 2px"><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_downtown_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Downtown view"><img alt="Downtown view" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Latakia_downtown_view.jpg/266px-Latakia_downtown_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="266" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Latakia_downtown_view.jpg/399px-Latakia_downtown_view.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Latakia_Sports_City_aerial_view_in_1991.jpg/399px-Latakia_Sports_City_aerial_view_in_1991.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Latakia_Sports_City_aerial_view_in_1991.jpg/532px-Latakia_Sports_City_aerial_view_in_1991.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><div style="background:#fee8ab;"> Downtown view • The governor's palace<br /> <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Latakia" title="Port of Latakia">Port of Latakia</a> • <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Latakia" title="National Museum of Latakia">National Museum of Latakia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Al-Assad_Stadium" title="Al-Assad Stadium">Al-Assad Stadium</a> • <a href="/wiki/Latakia_Sports_City" title="Latakia Sports City">Latakia Sports City</a></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Latakia.svg/200px-Flag_of_Latakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="288" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_-_Seal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Latakia"><img alt="Official seal of Latakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Latakia_-_Seal.jpg/73px-Latakia_-_Seal.jpg" decoding="async" width="73" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Latakia_-_Seal.jpg/110px-Latakia_-_Seal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Latakia_-_Seal.jpg/146px-Latakia_-_Seal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="546" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"Bride of the Mediterranean"<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syria_physical_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Latakia is located in Syria"><img alt="Latakia is located in Syria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Syria_physical_location_map.svg/250px-Syria_physical_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Syria_physical_location_map.svg/375px-Syria_physical_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Syria_physical_location_map.svg/500px-Syria_physical_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="806" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.196%;left:11.321%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Latakia"><img alt="Latakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Latakia</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Latakia within Syria</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Syria</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Latakia is located in Eastern Mediterranean"><img alt="Latakia is located in Eastern Mediterranean" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg/250px-Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg/375px-Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg/500px-Mediterranean_Sea_East_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="957" data-file-height="765" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.589%;left:50.244%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Latakia"><img alt="Latakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Latakia</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Latakia (Eastern Mediterranean)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Eastern Mediterranean</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Latakia is located in Asia"><img alt="Latakia is located in Asia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.134%;left:10.031%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Latakia"><img alt="Latakia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Latakia</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Latakia (Asia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Latakia&params=35_31_N_35_47_E_region:SY-LA_type:city(384,000)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°31′N</span> <span class="longitude">35°47′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.517°N 35.783°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.517; 35.783</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Syria" title="Governorates of Syria">Governorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latakia_Governorate" title="Latakia Governorate">Latakia Governorate</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Syria" title="Districts of Syria">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Latakia_District" title="Latakia District">Latakia District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nahiyah" title="Nahiyah">Subdistrict</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Latakia Subdistrict</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">4th Century <a href="/wiki/Anno_Domini" title="Anno Domini">BC</a><sup id="cite_ref-est._3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-est.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Basileus" title="Basileus">King</a> <a href="/wiki/Seleucus_I_Nicator" title="Seleucus I Nicator">Seleucus I Nicator</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laodice_of_Macedonia" title="Laodice of Macedonia">Laodice of Macedonia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Khaled Walid Abaza<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">58 km<sup>2</sup> (22 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">108 km<sup>2</sup> (42 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">11 m (36 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2023 Estimate)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">709,000<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">709,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro density</th><td class="infobox-data">6,600/km<sup>2</sup> (17,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">لاذقاني</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Lādhqani</i></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/EEST" class="mw-redirect" title="EEST">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Country code: 963 <br /> City code: 41</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geocode" title="Geocode">Geocode</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">C3480</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer Mediterranean">Csa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/International_airport" title="International airport">International airport</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bassel_Al-Assad_International_Airport" title="Bassel Al-Assad International Airport">Bassel Al-Assad International Airport</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esyria.sy/elatakia/">eLatakia</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Latakia</b> ˌ(<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ٱللَّاذْقِيَّة</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">al-Lādhiqiyya</i></span>; <small> <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Arabic" title="Syrian Arabic">Syrian</a> pronunciation:</small> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ar-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Arabic" title="Help:IPA/Arabic">[el.laːdˈʔɪjje,<span class="wrap"> </span>-laːðˈqɪjja]</a></span>) is the principal port city of <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and capital city of the <a href="/wiki/Latakia_Governorate" title="Latakia Governorate">Latakia Governorate</a> located on the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> coast. Historically, it has also been known as <b><a href="/wiki/Laodicea_in_Syria" title="Laodicea in Syria">Laodicea in Syria</a></b> or <b>Laodicea ad Mare</b>. In addition to serving as a port, the city is a significant manufacturing center for surrounding agricultural towns and villages. According to 2023 estimate, the population of the city is 709,000,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its population greatly increased as a result of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>, which led to an influx of <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced persons</a> from rebel held areas. It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Syria" title="List of cities in Syria">5th-largest city</a> in Syria after <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a>. <a href="/wiki/Cape_Apostolos_Andreas" title="Cape Apostolos Andreas">Cape Apostolos Andreas</a>, the north-eastern tip of <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, is about 109 kilometres (68 mi) away.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the site of the city has been inhabited since the 2nd millennium BC, the city was founded in the 4th century BC under the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-est._3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-est.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Latakia was subsequently ruled by the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine">Byzantines</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashiduns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ummayad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ummayad">Ummayads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abbasid" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbasid">Abbasids</a> during the 7th–10th centuries AD. <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> ruling groups frequently attacked the city, periodically recapturing it before losing it again to Arab powers, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Fatimid" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatimid">Fatimids</a>. Afterward, Latakia was ruled successively by the <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Turks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seljuk Turks">Seljuk Turks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusaders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayyubid">Ayyubids</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate" title="Mamluk Sultanate">Mamluks</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a>. Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Latakia was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/French_mandate_of_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="French mandate of Syria">French mandate of Syria</a>, in which it served as the capital of the autonomous territory of the <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawites</a>. This autonomous territory became the <a href="/wiki/Alawite_State" title="Alawite State">Alawite State</a> in 1922, proclaiming its independence a number of times until reintegrating into Syria in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Laodicea_ad_Lycum" class="mw-redirect" title="Laodicea ad Lycum">Laodicea ad Lycum</a>.</div> <p>Like many <a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid</a> cities, Latakia was named after a member of the ruling dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-le_Strange380_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-le_Strange380-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was first called <i>Laodikeia on the Coast</i> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Λαοδίκεια ἡ Πάραλος</span>) by <a href="/wiki/Seleucus_I_Nicator" title="Seleucus I Nicator">Seleucus I Nicator</a> in honor of his mother, <a href="/wiki/Laodice_of_Macedonia" title="Laodice of Macedonia">Laodice</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, its name became <i>Laodicea ad Mare</i>. The original name survives in its <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> form as <i>al-Ladhiqiyyah</i> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">اللاذقية</span>), from which the <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> <i>Lattaquié</i> and <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> <i>Latakia</i> (or <i>Lattakia)</i> derive.<sup id="cite_ref-le_Strange380_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-le_Strange380-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ball_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ball-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the Ottomans, it was known as Lazkiye.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Latakia" title="Timeline of Latakia">Timeline of Latakia</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_settlement_and_founding">Ancient settlement and founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ancient settlement and founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The location of Latakia, the <b>Ras Ziyarah</b> <a href="/wiki/Promontory" title="Promontory">promontory</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has a long history of occupation. The <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> city of Ramitha was located here.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Boda1994451_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Boda1994451-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium" title="Stephanus of Byzantium">Stephanus of Byzantium</a> writes that the city was named Ramitha (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Ῥάμιθα</span>), then <i>Leukê Aktê</i> ("white coast") (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Λευκὴ ἀκτή</span>) and later Laodicea (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Λαοδίκεια</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city was described in <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Geographica" title="Geographica">Geographica</a></i>:<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> It is a city most beautifully built, has a good harbour, and has territory which, besides its other good crops, abounds in wine. Now this city furnishes the most of the wine to the Alexandreians, since the whole of the mountain that lies above the city and is possessed by it is covered with vines almost as far as the summits. And while the summits are at a considerable distance from Lāŏdĭcḗa, sloping up gently and gradually from it, they tower above Apameia, extending up to a perpendicular height.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_rule">Roman rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Roman rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Laodicea_in_Syria" title="Laodicea in Syria">Laodicea in Syria</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg/170px-Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg/255px-Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg/340px-Latakia_Tetraporticus_4036.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Latakia_Tetraporticus" title="Latakia Tetraporticus">Latakia Tetraporticus</a>, built by <a href="/wiki/Septimius_Severus" title="Septimius Severus">Septimius Severus</a> in AD 193</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Pompey_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Pompey the Great">Pompey the Great</a> conquered the city along with most of Syria in the 1st century BC, and <a href="/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> declared the city a "free polis." The Roman emperor Septimius Severus rewarded the city with the title of "Metropolis" in the 2nd century AD, exempted it of the empire's taxation, fortified the city, made it for a few years the capital of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Syria" title="Roman Syria">Roman Syria</a> and also built the city's famed Tetraporticus around the same time. Some Roman merchants moved to live in the city under <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>, but the city was always culturally "Greek" influenced. Subsequently, a <a href="/wiki/Roman_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman road</a> was built from southern <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Anatolia</a> toward <a href="/wiki/Berytus" title="Berytus">Berytus</a> and Damascus, that greatly improved the commerce through the port of Laodicea. </p><p>The heretic <a href="/wiki/Apollinaris_of_Laodicea" title="Apollinaris of Laodicea">Apollinarius</a> was bishop of Lāŏdĭcḗa in the 4th century. The city minted coins from an early date, but decreasing in importance after the cities of Alexandria and Antioch flourished in coin minting and overshadowed other cities.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city was also famed for its wine produced around the port's hills which were exported to all the empire. </p><p>During the split of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, it belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Roman Empire">Eastern Roman Empire</a>. An earthquake damaged the city in 494, but the city was later reconstructed by <a href="/wiki/Justinian_I" title="Justinian I">Justinian I</a> and made the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Theodorias_(province)" title="Theodorias (province)">Eastern Roman province of Theodorias</a> from 528 AD until Muslim conquest around 637 AD. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Temple of Bacchus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg/170px-Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg/255px-Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg/340px-Latakia_peripteral_temple_remains_4056.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a><figcaption>Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus in Latakia</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Islamic_era">Early Islamic era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early Islamic era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All of Syria, including the Roman province of Theodorias and its capital, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Latakia_(Laodicea)_(636)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Latakia (Laodicea) (636)">Laodicea fell</a> into Muslim rule after its attacked by a caliphate general, named <a href="/wiki/%27Ubadah_ibn_al-Samit" class="mw-redirect" title="'Ubadah ibn al-Samit">'Ubadah ibn al-Samit</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim conquest of Syria">Muslim conquest of Syria</a> in the 7th century. The city was renamed al-Lādhiqīyah (اللَّاذِقِيَّة) and switched rule from the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a>, to the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> and finally to the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> in a span of 9 centuries, attached to the large province of <a href="/wiki/Bilad_Al-Sham" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilad Al-Sham">Bilad Al-Sham</a> (Greater Syria). Arab geographer, <a href="/wiki/Al-Muqaddasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Muqaddasi">Al-Muqaddasi</a> (d. 991), mentions al-Lādhiqīyah as belonging to the district of Hims (<a href="/wiki/Homs,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Homs, Syria">Homs</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Crusader,_Ayyubid,_and_Mamlouk_rule"><span id="Crusader.2C_Ayyubid.2C_and_Mamlouk_rule"></span>Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamlouk rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Crusader, Ayyubid, and Mamlouk rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lattakia,_Latin_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lattakia%2C_Latin_Church.jpg/170px-Lattakia%2C_Latin_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lattakia%2C_Latin_Church.jpg/255px-Lattakia%2C_Latin_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lattakia%2C_Latin_Church.jpg/340px-Lattakia%2C_Latin_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2585" /></a><figcaption>The Latin Church of Latakia, also known as the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus_(Latakia)" title="Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Latakia)">Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Mardaites" title="Mardaites">Mardaites</a> controlled the region from <a href="/wiki/Jebel_Aqra" title="Jebel Aqra">Jebel Aqra</a> to northern <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>, including Latakia in 705. However, they later withdrew from the city after an agreement with the Umayyad caliph <a href="/wiki/Al-Walid_I" title="Al-Walid I">Al-Walid I</a>. Afterwards, the Mardaites sacked it in 719, but it was rebuilt by <a href="/wiki/Umar_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Umar II">Umar II</a>. The city lost its importance due to its location on the border between the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> from 750 to 968. The famous poet <a href="/wiki/Al-Mutanabbi" title="Al-Mutanabbi">Al-Mutanabbi</a> led a millenarian revolt at Latakia in 930.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter201626-27_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter201626-27-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Byzantine Empire recaptured the city in 970 by <a href="/wiki/John_I_Tzimiskes" title="John I Tzimiskes">John I Tzimiskes</a>, but it was lost to the <a href="/wiki/Fatimids" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatimids">Fatimids</a> in 980. The <a href="/wiki/Banu_Munqidh" title="Banu Munqidh">Banu Munqidh</a> managed to control the city until they were succeeded by the <a href="/wiki/Seljuks" class="mw-redirect" title="Seljuks">Seljuks</a> during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Malik-Shah_I" title="Malik-Shah I">Malik-Shah I</a> in 1086, despite a brief Byzantine control in 1074. Later on, <a href="/wiki/Guynemer_of_Boulogne" title="Guynemer of Boulogne">Guynemer of Boulogne</a> raided the city on 19 August 1097, with 28 ships coming from <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> during the <a href="/wiki/First_Crusade" title="First Crusade">First Crusade</a>. In 1098, <a href="/wiki/Raymond_IV,_Count_of_Toulouse" title="Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse">Raymond of Saint-Gilles</a> captured the city, with the Byzantine fleet presence; hence, the city became contested between the crusaders and the Byzantines who controlled Latakia and <a href="/wiki/Baniyas" title="Baniyas">Baniyas</a> in the meantime.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Boda1994453_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Boda1994453-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After failed efforts by <a href="/wiki/Bohemond_I_of_Antioch" title="Bohemond I of Antioch">Bohemond I of Antioch</a> to capture Latakia from the Byzantine Empire in 1099, and a brief control of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a> fleet in 1101, the city was taken in 1103 by forces under the command of <a href="/wiki/Tancred,_Prince_of_Galilee" title="Tancred, Prince of Galilee">Tancred of Hauteville</a>, a veteran of the First Crusade and acting regent of the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Antioch" title="Principality of Antioch">Principality of Antioch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the defeat of Antiochene forces at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Harran" title="Battle of Harran">Battle of Harran</a> in 1104, the city was reoccupied by the Byzantines led by Admiral <a href="/wiki/Cantacuzenus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantacuzenus">Cantacuzenus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however they would again lose the city. Despite a treaty in 1108 with Bohemond promising to return Latakia to the Byzantine Empire by 1110 it was firmly under the control of the Principality of Antioch,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it was called "La Liche". In 1126, the cities of Latakia and <a href="/wiki/Jabala" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabala">Jabala</a> were the dowry of Princess <a href="/wiki/Alice_of_Antioch" title="Alice of Antioch">Alice</a>, daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Baldwin_II_of_Jerusalem" title="Baldwin II of Jerusalem">Baldwin II of Jerusalem</a>, who later donated a house in Latakia to the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a>, which became their main base in the region. In April 1136, the city was sacked by Emir Sawar ibn Aytakin, governor of <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, then it was struck by the <a href="/wiki/1157_Hama_earthquake" title="1157 Hama earthquake">1157 Hama earthquake</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1170_Syria_earthquake" title="1170 Syria earthquake">1170 Syria earthquake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELa_Boda1994453_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELa_Boda1994453-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This situation remained the same with the city serving as the primary port for the Principality until it was captured following a <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Laodicea_(1188)" title="Siege of Laodicea (1188)">siege</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Ayyubids" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayyubids">Ayyubids</a>, under the rule of <a href="/wiki/Saladin" title="Saladin">Saladin</a> on 23 July 1188. By 1260, the crusaders recaptured the city, until they were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Mamluks" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluks">Mamluks</a> of <a href="/wiki/Qalawun" title="Qalawun">Qalawun</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 20 April 1287. </p><p>In circa 1300, Arab geographer <a href="/wiki/Al-Dimashqi_(geographer)" title="Al-Dimashqi (geographer)">al-Dimashqi</a> noted that Latakia had no running water and that trees were scarce, but the city's port was "a wonderful harbor... full of large ships".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1332, the Moroccan traveller <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a> visited Latakia in his journeys.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the late 14th and 15th century, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetians</a> had a consul in Latakia, due to the trade of cotton and silk from Persia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAshtor2014121_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAshtor2014121-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city which was in despair was rebuilt after a visit by <a href="/wiki/Qaitbay" title="Qaitbay">Qaitbay</a> in 1477. </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawite</a> community was first established in Latakia by the missionary Abu Sa'id al-Tabarani (d. 1034) in the early 11th century. From then on it spread northward and into the coastal mountain range.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter201627-28,_30-31,_53_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter201627-28,_30-31,_53-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_rule">Ottoman rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ottoman rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Museum_of_Latakia,_Syria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Museum_of_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/220px-Museum_of_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Museum_of_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/330px-Museum_of_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Museum_of_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/440px-Museum_of_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Latakia" title="National Museum of Latakia">National Museum of Latakia</a>, a previous Ottoman era <a href="/wiki/Khan_(inn)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khan (inn)">khan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Latakia came under the Ottoman control after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marj_Dabiq" title="Battle of Marj Dabiq">Battle of Marj Dabiq</a> in 1516. It had a population of about 1400–1700 in the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the late 17th century onward it was ruled by the Ibn al-Matarji family, some of whose members would go on to become governors of <a href="/wiki/Damascus_Eyalet" title="Damascus Eyalet">Damascus Eyalet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter2010107_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter2010107-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under their leadership, and the development of the tobacco industry in the same period, the town developed rapidly in the 18th century. Several churches were rebuilt or restored and the <a href="/wiki/Azm_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Azm family">Azm family</a> of governors established several new foundations in the city. The British, French and Spanish established consulates in the city, so that by mid-century Latakia was serving as co-capital of the entire province (<i>eyalet</i>) of <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Tripoli, Lebanon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter2016136-141_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter2016136-141-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer,_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer%2C_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg/220px-Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer%2C_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer%2C_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg/330px-Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer%2C_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer%2C_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg/440px-Illustration_from_Views_in_the_Ottoman_Dominions_by_Luigi_Mayer%2C_digitally_enhanced_by_rawpixel-com_44.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1778" /></a><figcaption>Port of Latakia, painted by <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Mayer" title="Luigi Mayer">Luigi Mayer</a> (1810)</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1824, the Ottomans named Muhammad Paşa ibn Alman, a native of the area who was suspected of being an <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawite</a> and a French sympathizer, governor of Latakia. He was killed in an urban revolt later that year that was inspired by the fundamentalist shaykh Muhammad al-Moghrabi.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter2016174-175,_179-181_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter2016174-175,_179-181-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Egyptian occupation of Syria (1831–1841) there was a major <a href="/wiki/Alawite_revolt_(1834-1835)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite revolt (1834-1835)">Alawite revolt (1834-1835)</a> in both the town and the surrounding countryside.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter2016184-190_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter2016184-190-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1888, when <a href="/wiki/Wilaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilaya">Wilayat</a> Beirut was established, Latakia became its northernmost town.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Ottoman period<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (September 2015)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup>, the region of Latakia became predominantly <a href="/wiki/Alawites" title="Alawites">Alawi</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Turkmen" title="Syrian Turkmen">Turkmen</a> also consisted a significant minority. The city itself, however, contained significant numbers of <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> and Christian inhabitants. The landlords in the countryside tended to be Sunni and Orthodox Christians, while the peasants were mostly Alawi. Like the <a href="/wiki/Druze" title="Druze">Druzes</a>, who also had a special status before the end of World War I, the Alawis had a strained relationship with the Ottoman overlords. In fact, they were not even given the status of <a href="/wiki/Millet_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Millet (Ottoman Empire)">millet</a>, although they enjoyed relative autonomy.<sup id="cite_ref-Rabinovich_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rabinovich-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_Mandate_period">French Mandate period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: French Mandate period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Alawite_State" title="Alawite State">Alawite State</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg/220px-LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg/330px-LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg/440px-LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1082" data-file-height="688" /></a><figcaption>One of the oldest schools in Latakia was previous mandatory-era barracks, and later school. It was subsequently named after <a href="/wiki/Jules_Jammal" title="Jules Jammal">Jules Jammal</a> and known ever since as the 'Jules Jammal School'</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1920, Latakia fell under the French mandate, under which the Alawite State was established. The state was named after the locally-dominant Alawites and became a French <a href="/wiki/Mandate_territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandate territory">mandate territory</a> after World War I.<sup id="cite_ref-blag_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blag-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/French_Mandate" class="mw-redirect" title="French Mandate">French Mandate</a> from the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> began in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The creation of the Alawite State, as well as the other states of Syria under the French Mandate, has often been interpreted as a "<a href="/wiki/Divide_and_rule" title="Divide and rule">divide and rule</a>" strategy by the French, who sought to undermine anti-colonial nationalist movements. The French justified the creation of the Alawite state by citing the "backwardness" of the mountain-dwellers, religiously distinct from the surrounding Sunni population; they claimed that the division protected the Alawi people from more-powerful Sunni majorities.<sup id="cite_ref-L_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg/220px-Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg/330px-Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg/440px-Stamp_Alaouites_1926_10pi_air.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="494" /></a><figcaption>A 10-piastre stamp of Syria used in the Alawite State</figcaption></figure> <p>This division by the French administration in Syria did not stop Alawites such as <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Saleh_al-Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Saleh al-Ali">Sheikh Saleh al-Ali</a>, who led the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Revolt_of_1919" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Revolt of 1919">Syrian Revolt of 1919</a>, in continuing to protest French rule. Saleh al-Ali coordinated with the leaders of other anti-French revolts in the country, including the revolt of <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Hananu" title="Ibrahim Hananu">Ibrahim Hananu</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a> countryside and <a href="/wiki/Subhi_Barakat" class="mw-redirect" title="Subhi Barakat">Subhi Barakat</a>'s revolt in <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a>, but Saleh al-Ali's revolt was put down in 1921. A French court-martial in Latakia sentenced Shaykh Saleh to death in absentia and offered a reward of 100,000 francs for information on his whereabouts. After the French gave up trying to capturing Shaykh Saleh, a pardon was issued by General <a href="/wiki/Henri_Gouraud_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Henri Gouraud (general)">Henri Gouraud</a>. </p><p>The state became part of the Syrian Federation in 1922, but it left the federation again in 1924. In 1930, the Alawite State was renamed as the Government of Latakia, the only concession by the French to Arab nationalists until 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-K_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 December 1936, it was decided that the Alawite state would be re-incorporated into Syria as a concession by the French to the <a href="/wiki/National_Bloc_(Syria)" title="National Bloc (Syria)">Nationalist Bloc</a>, which was the ruling party of the semi-autonomous Syrian government; the decision went into effect in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There was a great deal of Alawite separatist sentiment in the region, but their political views could not be coordinated into a unified voice.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There was also a great deal of factionalism amongst the Alawite tribes, and the Alawite State was incorporated into Syria with little organised resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-K_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-K-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1942, the Latakia and Druze regions were returned to Syrian control, and by 1946, the French completely left Syria and <a href="/wiki/Second_Syrian_Republic" title="Second Syrian Republic">a new independent government</a> was created. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lattakia_1970.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Lattakia_1970.jpg/220px-Lattakia_1970.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Lattakia_1970.jpg/330px-Lattakia_1970.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Lattakia_1970.jpg/440px-Lattakia_1970.jpg 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption>Latakia in 1970</figcaption></figure> <p>All but a few classical buildings had been destroyed by the modern era, often by earthquakes; those remaining include a Roman triumphal arch and <a href="/wiki/Corinthian_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Corinthian column">Corinthian columns</a> known as the Colonnade of <a href="/wiki/Dionysus" title="Dionysus">Bacchus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, important remains from the city at Roman and Hellenistic periods including full body statues, Roman funerary art, and column capitals that once belonged to the ancient city, now found in its national museum.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An extensive port project was proposed in 1948, and construction work began on the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Latakia" title="Port of Latakia">Port of Latakia</a> in 1950, aided by a <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>6 million loan from <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>. By 1951, the first stage of its construction was completed, and the port handled an increasing amount of Syria's overseas trade.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1957, 4,000 Egyptian troops landed in Latakia under orders from <a href="/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser">Gamal Abdel Nasser</a> after <a href="/wiki/Turkish_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish army">Turkish troops</a> massed along the border with Syria, accusing it of harboring <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(historical)" title="Communist Party of Turkey (historical)">Turkish Communists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major highway linked Latakia with Aleppo and the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a> valley starting in 1968, supplemented by the completion of a railway line to <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a>. The port became even more important after 1975 due to the troubled situation in Lebanon and the loss of Beirut and Tripoli as functioning ports.<sup id="cite_ref-Ring5_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ring5-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, during the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">October War</a> (Yom Kippur War), the naval <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Latakia" title="Battle of Latakia">Battle of Latakia</a> between <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and Syria was fought just offshore from the city. The battle was the first to be fought using <a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">missiles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">ECM</a> (electronic countermeasures).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 September 1979 clashes broke out following the assassination of an <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawite</a> religious leader in the city. The following day 2,000 paratroopers, commanded by <a href="/wiki/Rifaat_al-Assad" title="Rifaat al-Assad">Rifaat al-Assad</a>, were sent to restore order. In the violence that followed around forty people were killed including ten pilots from the Latakia air base.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, the city hosted the <a href="/wiki/1987_Mediterranean_Games" title="1987 Mediterranean Games">tenth round</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Games" title="Mediterranean Games">Mediterranean Games</a>, with the opening ceremony hosted by <a href="/wiki/Hafez_al-Assad" title="Hafez al-Assad">Hafez al-Assad</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Latakia_Sports_City" title="Latakia Sports City">Latakia Sports City</a>, a sports complex designed specifically to host the games. The <a href="/wiki/Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium" title="Latakia Sports City Stadium">Latakia Sports City Stadium</a> served as the main venue for the games.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994, the city's population reached 303,000, with that number significantly rising to 383,786 by 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although population assessment in recent years has become difficult due to the ongoing civil war, the city's population is estimated to have risen drastically in the 2010s due to the influx of refugees from the cities of Aleppo, Idlib and other cities which have been affected by the ongoing war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Syrian_Civil_War">Syrian Civil War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Syrian Civil War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="civilwar"></span> During the Syrian Civil War, Latakia had been a site of <a href="/wiki/Demonstration_(people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demonstration (people)">protest activity</a> since March 2011. The Syrian government claimed 12 were killed there in clashes in late March,<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to the deployment of the military to restrict movement into and out of the city. Hundreds of Syrians were reportedly arrested, and by late July, activists in Latakia were telling foreign media they feared a more violent crackdown was coming. Protests continued despite the increased security presence and arrests. Several civilians were allegedly killed in confrontations with security officers during this early period of the siege.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 August 2011, the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Army" title="Syrian Army">Syrian Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Navy" title="Syrian Navy">Syrian Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Latakia" title="Siege of Latakia">launched an operation</a> where more than 20 tanks and <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">APCs</a> rolled into the Alawi stronghold.<sup id="cite_ref-enters_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enters-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was also attacked by the Syrian army on 14 August 2011. Activists claimed that 25 people died during the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia,_Syria_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia%2C_Syria_%281%29.jpg/220px-Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia%2C_Syria_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia%2C_Syria_%281%29.jpg/330px-Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia%2C_Syria_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia%2C_Syria_%281%29.jpg/440px-Russian_military_aircraft_at_Latakia%2C_Syria_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> military aircraft in <a href="/wiki/Khmeimim_Air_Base" title="Khmeimim Air Base">Khmeimim Air Base</a>, one of Russia's main bases of operation in Syria</figcaption></figure> <p>Latakia is the home of Russia's largest foreign <a href="/wiki/Signals_intelligence" title="Signals intelligence">SIGINT</a> facility.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Khmeimim_Air_Base" title="Khmeimim Air Base">Khmeimim Air Base</a> is an airbase near Latakia converted to use by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_military" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian military">Russian military</a> in 2015. </p><p>Russian president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>, accompanied by his Syrian counterpart <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a> visited the <a href="/wiki/Khmeimim_airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Khmeimim airbase">Khmeimim airbase</a>, Russia's main military base in Syria, located just outside Latakia near <a href="/wiki/Jableh" title="Jableh">Jableh</a> on 11 December 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Declaring victory over ISIL, and announcing a partial military withdrawal from Syria, but with continuing Russian presence, as the Khmeimim airbase and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_naval_facility_in_Tartus" title="Russian naval facility in Tartus">Russian naval facility in Tartus</a> would still be operated by Russian forces.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 December 2021, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> warplanes launched an airstrike attack on Latakia's port, damaging the port's facilities and setting several containers on fire.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 28, the port was attacked again after Israeli forces launched several <a href="/wiki/Precision-guided_munition" title="Precision-guided munition">precision missiles</a> targeting the port. The attack killed 2 <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Army" title="Syrian Army">Syrian Army</a> soldiers, destroyed several containers and set the port on fire for several hours.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Slinfah.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Slinfah.png/220px-Slinfah.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Slinfah.png/330px-Slinfah.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Slinfah.png/440px-Slinfah.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2248" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Slinfah" title="Slinfah">Slinfah</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Latakia is located 348 kilometres (216 mi) north-west of Damascus, 186 kilometres (116 mi) south-west from Aleppo, 186 kilometres (116 mi) north-west of Homs, and 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Tartus.<sup id="cite_ref-Homsonline_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Homsonline-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearby towns and villages include <a href="/wiki/Kasab,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasab, Syria">Kasab</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Al-Haffah" title="Al-Haffah">Al-Haffah</a>, Slinfah and <a href="/wiki/Qardaha" title="Qardaha">Qardaha</a> to the east in the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Coastal_Mountain_Range" title="Syrian Coastal Mountain Range">Coastal Mountain Range</a>, and Jableh and <a href="/wiki/Baniyas" title="Baniyas">Baniyas</a> to the south.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Latakia is the capital of the Latakia Governorate, in western Syria, bordering Turkey to the north. The governorate has a reported area of either 2,297 square kilometres (887 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 2,437 square kilometres (941 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Latakia is the administrative centre of the <a href="/wiki/Latakia_District" title="Latakia District">Latakia District</a> that occupies the northern portion of the Latakia Governorate. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nahr_al-Kabir_al-Shamali" title="Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali">Nahr al-Kabir al-Shamali</a> flows into the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> south of Latakia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen's climate classification</a>, Latakia has a <a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer Mediterranean climate">hot-summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<i>Csa</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with warm, humid summers and cool, wet winters. Latakia's wettest months are December and January, where average precipitation is around 160 mm. The city's driest month, July, only has on average about 1 millimetre (0.04 in) of rain, despite being rather humid. Average high temperatures in the city range from around 16 °C (61 °F) in January to around 30 °C (86 °F) in August. Latakia on average receives around 760 millimetres (30 in) of rainfall annually. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Latakia (1961–1990, extremes 1928–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.8<br />(101.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(100.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.6<br />(90.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.6<br />(29.1) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #DEDEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1.6<br />(29.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00EA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">185.2<br />(7.29) </td> <td style="background: #60FF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97.0<br />(3.82) </td> <td style="background: #76FF76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.5<br />(3.60) </td> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.5<br />(1.91) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(0.88) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(0.20) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(0.31) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.3<br />(2.73) </td> <td style="background: #6BFF6B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.5<br />(3.76) </td> <td style="background: #00EA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">185.2<br />(7.29) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">811.4<br />(31.94) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #7373FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3 </td> <td style="background: #8181FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">61.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">67 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #BDBD33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">136.4 </td> <td style="background: #C9C900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">148.4 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.4 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">225.0 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">297.6 </td> <td style="background: #F5F51C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">321.0 </td> <td style="background: #F4F419; color:#000000;" class="notheme">325.5 </td> <td style="background: #F2F214; color:#000000;" class="notheme">316.2 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">288.0 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">248.0 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.0 </td> <td style="background: #C4C408; color:#000000;" class="notheme">151.9 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,848.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #BEBE2D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4 </td> <td style="background: #CBCB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7 </td> <td style="background: #F5F51C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #F3F316; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #C5C502; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> (humidity, 1966–1978),<sup id="cite_ref-DWD_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<sup id="cite_ref-meteoclimat_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meteoclimat-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for <a href="/wiki/Bassel_Al-Assad_International_Airport" title="Bassel Al-Assad International Airport">Bassel Al-Assad International Airport</a> (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(104.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(104.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(97.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1400; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.5<br />(101.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(105.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.0<br />(102.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0300; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.0<br />(105.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(72.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−3.2<br />(26.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00F900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">175.1<br />(6.89) </td> <td style="background: #27FF27; color:#000000;" class="notheme">131.5<br />(5.18) </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.3<br />(3.40) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.6<br />(2.07) </td> <td style="background: #D4FFD4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(1.11) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(0.31) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(0.00) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(0.59) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.7<br />(2.23) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.4<br />(3.76) </td> <td style="background: #00FC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172.8<br />(6.80) </td> <td style="background: #95FF95; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">836.2<br />(32.92) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #7878FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">64.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/NCEI" class="mw-redirect" title="NCEI">NCEI</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMO_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMO-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Post_card_of_a_group_of_Alawite_musicians_from_North-Western_Syria,_(1920%27s).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Post_card_of_a_group_of_Alawite_musicians_from_North-Western_Syria%2C_%281920%27s%29.jpg/220px-Post_card_of_a_group_of_Alawite_musicians_from_North-Western_Syria%2C_%281920%27s%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Post_card_of_a_group_of_Alawite_musicians_from_North-Western_Syria%2C_%281920%27s%29.jpg/330px-Post_card_of_a_group_of_Alawite_musicians_from_North-Western_Syria%2C_%281920%27s%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Post_card_of_a_group_of_Alawite_musicians_from_North-Western_Syria%2C_%281920%27s%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="255" /></a><figcaption>A group of resting Alawite musicians from Latakia (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1920s</span>)</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1905</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">25,000<sup id="cite_ref-SoA_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoA-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1932</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">24,000<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1943</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">36,000<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+50.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1957</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">56,000<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+55.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1970</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">126,000<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+125.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1987</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">241,000<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+91.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1992</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">284,000<sup id="cite_ref-damascusonline_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-damascusonline-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+17.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1994</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">303,000<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2004</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">383,786<sup id="cite_ref-auto_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+26.7%</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One of the first censuses was in 1825, which recorded that there were 6,000–8,000 Muslims, 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox">Greek Orthodox</a> Christians, 30 <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Christians</a>, 30 <a href="/wiki/Maronite_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Maronite Catholic">Maronite Catholics</a>, and 30 <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the beginning of the 20th century, Latakia had a population of roughly 7,000 inhabitants; however, the <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_the_Society_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Journal of the Society of Arts">Journal of the Society of Arts</a> recorded a population of 25,000 in 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-SoA_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoA-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1992 estimate, Latakia had a population of 284,000,<sup id="cite_ref-damascusonline_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-damascusonline-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> rising to 303,000 in the 1994 census.<sup id="cite_ref-Winckler_70-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winckler-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's population continued to rise, reaching an estimated 402,000 residents in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Minahan_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minahan-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinter2016_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinter2016-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, Latakia City was 50% Alawite, 40% Sunni and 10% Christian;<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the rural hinterland has an Alawite majority of roughly 70%, with Sunni Muslims making up 14%, <a href="/wiki/Arab_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Christian">Christians</a> making up 12%, and <a href="/wiki/Ismaili" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismaili">Ismailis</a> representing the remaining 2%.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city serves as the capital of the Alawite population and is a major cultural center for the religion.<sup id="cite_ref-Minahan_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Minahan-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, large numbers of Alawites from the area emigrated to the country's capital Damascus.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the Christians, a sizable <a href="/wiki/Antiochian_Greeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiochian Greeks">Antiochian Greek</a> population exists in Latakia, and their <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> in the city has the largest congregation of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Antioch" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch">Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CtS_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CtS-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gmfa_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gmfa-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also an <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Syria" title="Armenians in Syria">Armenian</a> community of 3,500 in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-gmfa_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gmfa-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entire population speaks Arabic, mostly in the <a href="/wiki/North_Levantine_Arabic" title="North Levantine Arabic">North Levantine</a> dialect.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the city boundaries is the "unofficial" <a href="/wiki/Latakia_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Latakia camp">Latakia camp</a>, established in 1956, which has a population of 6,354 <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_refugee" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestinian refugee">Palestinian refugees</a>, mostly from <a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNRWA_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNRWA-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port">Port</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Port"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Latakia" title="Port of Latakia">Port of Latakia</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Latakia_harbour.jpg/220px-Latakia_harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Latakia_harbour.jpg/330px-Latakia_harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Latakia_harbour.jpg/440px-Latakia_harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3296" data-file-height="2472" /></a><figcaption>The Port of Latakia, Syria's main harbour</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Latakia" title="Port of Latakia">Port of Latakia</a> is the main seaport in Syria. It was established on 12 February 1950, and has boosted the city's importance ever since. The port's imported cargo includes clothing, construction materials, vehicles, furniture, minerals, tobacco, cotton, and food supplies such as lintels, onions, wheat, barley, dates, grains and figs, and in 2008, the port handled about 8 million tons of cargo. </p><p>The largest area of the port, with 43 hectares, occupies the container terminal. The storage capacity is up to 17,000 containers.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Latakia was connected to six ferry lines to <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a> (Egypt), <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> (Turkey) and <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> (Lebanon). It is not known whether the lines still exist in the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>, which has been going on since 2011. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marina</a> Latakia has 150 berths for ships up to a maximum length of 25 meters and 4 meters draught.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Navy" title="Syrian Navy">Syrian Navy</a> has one of four bases in Latakia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Latakia has an extensive agricultural hinterland. Exports include bitumen (<a href="/wiki/Bitumen" title="Bitumen">asphalt</a>), cereals, <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, fruits, eggs, vegetable oil, pottery, and <a href="/wiki/Latakia_(tobacco)" title="Latakia (tobacco)">tobacco</a>. Cotton ginning, vegetable-oil processing, tanning, and <a href="/wiki/Sponge" title="Sponge">sponge</a> fishing serve as local industries for the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_(wadi_kandel_).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%28wadi_kandel_%29.jpg/220px-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%28wadi_kandel_%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%28wadi_kandel_%29.jpg/330px-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%28wadi_kandel_%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%28wadi_kandel_%29.jpg/440px-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%82%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84_%28wadi_kandel_%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Wadi Qandeel beach, near Latakia</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><i>The information in this section is based on potentially outdated sources, with the most recent source being published in 2004.</i></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cote_d%27Azur,_Syria" title="Cote d'Azur, Syria">Cote d'Azur</a> Beach of Latakia is Syria's premier coastal resort, and offers water skiing, jet skiing, and windsurfing. The city contains eight hotels, two of which have five-star ratings; both the Cote d'Azur de Cham Hotel and Lé Meridien Lattiquie Hotel are located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the city, at Cote d'Azur. The latter hotel has 274 rooms and is the only international hotel in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compared to other Syrian cities, window shopping and evening strolls in the markets is considered a favorite pastime in Latakia. Numerous designer-label stores line 8 Azar Street, and the heart of the city's shopping area is the series of blocks enclosed by 8 Azar Street, Yarmouk Street, and Saad Zaghloul Street in the city center. <a href="/wiki/Movie_theater" title="Movie theater">Cinemas</a> in Latakia include Ugarit Cinema, al-Kindi, and a smaller theater off al-Moutanabbi Street.<sup id="cite_ref-Mannheim_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannheim-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Festivals">Festivals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg/220px-Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg/330px-Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg/440px-Al_Mahaba_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Latakia Sports City during al-Mahaba Festival</figcaption></figure> <p>The Al-Mahabba Festival, which includes various entertainment programs such as competitions, art parties and archeological and tourist tours to the most important places in the city and is organized by the economic and commercial authorities in cooperation with the Al-Bustan charity organization, is held annually in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg/220px-Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg/330px-Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg/440px-Latakia_Museo_-_GAR_-_2-02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1918" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A Roman period funerary tomb, located in the city's museum</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Latakia" title="National Museum of Latakia">National Museum of Latakia</a> was built in 1986 near the seafront of the city. It formerly housed the residence of the Governor of the Alawite State and was originally a 16th-century Ottoman <i><a href="/wiki/Caravanserai" title="Caravanserai">khan</a></i> ("caravansary") known as Khan al-Dukhan, meaning "The <i>Khan</i> of Smoke", as it served the tobacco trade. The <i>khan</i> historically served not only as an inn, but also contained private residences.<sup id="cite_ref-CtS_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CtS-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exhibits include inscribed tablets from <a href="/wiki/Ugarit" title="Ugarit">Ugarit</a>, ancient jewellery, coins, figurines, ceramics, pottery, and early Arab and Crusader-era <a href="/wiki/Chain-mail" class="mw-redirect" title="Chain-mail">chain-mail</a> suits and swords.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, the museum had been temporarily closed, to protect the museum's exhibits from the trafficking and looting, which became common during recent years, that the Museums of Palmyra, Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa suffered from. However, the museum's gardens are still open to the public, and contain many column capitals, ornaments, funerary tombs and statues which still can be viewed by the public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg/220px-Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg/330px-Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg/440px-Latakia_Sports_City_Stadium.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2015" data-file-height="1555" /></a><figcaption>Latakia Sports City stadium</figcaption></figure> <p>Latakia is the home city of three football clubs: <a href="/wiki/Tishreen" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Tishreen">Tishreen Sports Club</a> was founded in 1947,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hutteen_(Latakia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hutteen (Latakia)">Hutteen Sports Club</a> was founded in 1945,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Tadamon_SC_(Syria)" title="Tadamon SC (Syria)">Tadamon SC</a> was founded in 1980. All teams are based in the <a href="/wiki/Al-Assad_Stadium" title="Al-Assad Stadium">al-Assad Stadium</a>, which carries a capacity of 28,000 people. Just north of the city is the Latakia Sports City complex, which was built in 1987 to host the 1987 Mediterranean Games.<sup id="cite_ref-ADL_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADL-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latakia_tobacco">Latakia tobacco</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Latakia tobacco"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Latakia_(tobacco)" title="Latakia (tobacco)">Latakia (tobacco)</a></div> <p>Latakia tobacco is a specially prepared <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a> originally produced in Syria and named after the port city of Latakia.<sup id="cite_ref-glpease_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glpease-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Now the tobacco is mainly produced in Cyprus. It is cured over a <a href="/wiki/Stone_pine" title="Stone pine">stone pine</a> or oak wood fire, which gives it an intense smokey-peppery taste and smell. Rarely smoked straight, it is used as a "condiment" or "blender" (a basic tobacco mixed with other tobaccos to create a blend), especially in English, Balkan, and some American Classic blends.<sup id="cite_ref-glpease_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-glpease-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia,_Syria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/220px-Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/330px-Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/440px-Al-Keleyye_High_School_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>The National Private High School, built in the <a href="/wiki/Bauhaus" title="Bauhaus">Bauhaus</a> style</figcaption></figure> <p>The University of Latakia was founded in May 1971, and later renamed <a href="/wiki/Tishreen_University" title="Tishreen University">Tishreen University</a> ("October University") in 1976 to commemorate the October War of 1973. The university first had only 3 faculties, Literature, Science and Agriculture and only an enrollment of 983 students during its founding,<sup id="cite_ref-Tishuni_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tishuni-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but that number largely grew throughout the years to reach more than 70,000 students,<sup id="cite_ref-Tishuni_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tishuni-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making the Tishreen University the 3rd largest in Syria, with the number of its faculties rising to 17, including Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Science, Nursing, Education, Agriculture, Law, History, Electrical and Technical Engineering and Arts, among others. The city also houses a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Arab_Academy_for_Science_and_Technology_and_Maritime_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport">Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of the oldest schools in Latakia, a previous military barracks built during the <a href="/wiki/Mandate_for_Syria_and_the_Lebanon" title="Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon">Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon</a> is named after Jules Jammal, an Arab Christian military officer who blew himself up in a suicide attack on a French ship.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 26 November 2016, Manara University, a private university, was founded under the patronage of <a href="/wiki/Imad_Khamis" title="Imad Khamis">Imad Khamis</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Syria" title="Prime Minister of Syria">Prime Minister of Syria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its faculties as of 2017 include Pharmacy and Health, Engineering and Business.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sights">Main sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Main sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern city still exhibits faint traces of its former importance, notwithstanding the frequent earthquakes with which it has been visited. The marina is built upon foundations of ancient columns, and there are in the town an old gateway and other antiquities, as also sarcophagi and sepulchral caves in the neighbourhood. This gateway is a remarkable triumphal arch at the southeast corner of the town, almost entire: it is built with four entrances, like the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Forum_Jani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Forum Jani (page does not exist)">Forum Jani</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. It is conjectured that this arch was built in honour of <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Verus" title="Lucius Verus">Lucius Verus</a>, or of Septimius Severus.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fragments of Greek and Latin inscriptions are dispersed all over the ruins, but entirely defaced.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia,_Syria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/220px-Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/330px-Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg/440px-Modern_neighborhood_-_Latakia%2C_Syria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A modern neighborhood</figcaption></figure> <p>Notable points of interest in the nearby area include the massive <a href="/wiki/Saladin%27s_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Saladin's Castle">Saladin's Castle</a> and the ruins of Ugarit, where some of the earliest <a href="/wiki/Alphabet" title="Alphabet">alphabetic</a> writings have been found. There are also several popular beaches. There are numerous mosques in Latakia, including the 13th-century Great Mosque and the 18th-century Jadid Mosque constructed by Suleiman Pasha Azem.<sup id="cite_ref-CtS_78-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CtS-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Latakia has consulates general of <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, and honorary consulates of <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_infrastructure">Local infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Local infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Syrian government operates three major public hospitals in Latakia, Al-Assad Hospital, the National Hospital and the <a href="/wiki/Tishreen_University" title="Tishreen University">Tishreen University</a> Hospital, with other private hospitals working for private gain. One of the famous hospitals is Bahrou Hospital. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg/220px-CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg/330px-CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg/440px-CFS_Br%C3%BCcke_Aleppo-Latakia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>The railway linking between Latakia and Aleppo</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg/220px-AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg/330px-AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg/440px-AlZiraaRoundaboutLatakia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>The Al-Ziraa roundabout is one of the city's most important roundabouts and links various streets of the city.</figcaption></figure> <p>Roads link Latakia to Aleppo, <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, Homs, and <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Tripoli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main commercial coastal road of the city is Jamal Abdel Nasser Street, named after former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Lined with hotels, restaurants and the city museum, the street begins in central Latakia along the Mediterranean coast and ends at Hitteen Square. From the square, it branches southwest into al-Maghreb al-Arabi Street,<sup id="cite_ref-Mannheim2_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannheim2-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> south into 8 Azar Street, which continues south to form Baghdad Avenue—the main north–south road<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—branching into Beirut Street and Nadim Hassan Street along the southern coastline. From the southern portion of Jamal Abdel Nasser Street branch off al-Yarmouk Street and al-Quds Street, the latter which ends at al-Yaman Square in western Latakia, it continues west into Abdel Qader al-Husseini Street. North from al-Yaman Square Souria Avenue and south of the square is al-Ourouba Street. Souria Avenue ends in al-Jumhouriah Square, then continues north as al-Jumhouriah Street.<sup id="cite_ref-Mannheim2_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannheim2-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg/220px-Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg/330px-Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg/440px-Russian_Air_Force_Sukhoi_Su-24_passes_a_Syrianair_Airbus_A320_at_Latakia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Bassel_Al-Assad_International_Airport" title="Bassel Al-Assad International Airport">Bassel Al-Assad International Airport</a>, located in Jableh, near Latakia, is the main airport serving the city</figcaption></figure> <p>Much of the city is accessible by taxi and other forms of public transportation. Buses transport people to various Syrian, Lebanese, and Turkish cities, including <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor" title="Deir ez-Zor">Deir ez-Zor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmyra" title="Palmyra">Palmyra</a>, Tripoli, <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Safita" title="Safita">Safita</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antakya" title="Antakya">Antakya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tartous" class="mw-redirect" title="Tartous">Tartous</a>. The "luxury" Garagat Pullman Bus Station is located on Abdel Qader al-Husseini Street, and at least a dozen private companies are based at the station. On the same street is the older Hob-Hob Bus Station that operates a "depart when full" basis to Damascus and Aleppo. Local microbuses run between al-Yaman Square and the city center, as well as between the station on al-Jalaa Street and the city center. There is also a microbus station with buses departing to <a href="/wiki/Qalaat_Salah_ed-Din" class="mw-redirect" title="Qalaat Salah ed-Din">Qalaat Salah ed-Din</a>, Qardaha, Kassab, and Jableh.<sup id="cite_ref-Mannheim_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannheim-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Latakia's railway station is located on al-Yaman Square. <a href="/wiki/Chemins_de_Fer_Syriens" class="mw-redirect" title="Chemins de Fer Syriens">Chemins de Fer Syriens</a> operated services, including two daily runs to Aleppo and one weekly run to Damascus via Tartous. In 2005, approximately 512,167 passengers departed from Latakia's railway station.<sup id="cite_ref-Pass_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pass-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bassel_Al-Assad_International_Airport" title="Bassel Al-Assad International Airport">Bassel Al-Assad International Airport</a> is located 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Latakia and serves as a national and regional airport with regular flights to <a href="/wiki/Sharjah_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharjah (city)">Sharjah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>. The Port of Latakia is also a link in six organized cruises between <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> and Beirut. In addition, there are irregular ferry services to Cyprus. In 2005, approximately 27,939 passengers used the port.<sup id="cite_ref-Pass_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pass-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Themison_of_Laodicea" title="Themison of Laodicea">Themison of Laodicea</a>, founder of the Methodic school of medicine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philonides_of_Laodicea" title="Philonides of Laodicea">Philonides of Laodicea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epicurean" class="mw-redirect" title="Epicurean">Epicurean</a> philosopher and <a href="/wiki/Mathematician" title="Mathematician">mathematician</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodas_of_Laodicea" title="Theodas of Laodicea">Theodas of Laodicea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pyrrhonism" title="Pyrrhonism">Pyrrhonist</a> philosopher and <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Empiric_school" title="Empiric school">Empiric school</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollinaris_of_Laodicea" title="Apollinaris of Laodicea">Apollinaris of Laodicea</a>, bishop of laodicea</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yusuf_Yasin" title="Yusuf Yasin">Yusuf Yasin</a>, journalist and politician who performed several roles in the Saudi government.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._R._Frank_Wazzan" title="A. R. Frank Wazzan">A.R. Frank Wazzan</a>, Dean, UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1986–2001.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bassem_Yakhour" title="Bassem Yakhour">Bassem Yakhour</a>, actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Mina" title="Hanna Mina">Hanna Mina</a>, novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziad_Abdullah" title="Ziad Abdullah">Ziad Abdullah</a>, film critic and author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasmina_Azhari" title="Yasmina Azhari">Yasmina Azhari</a>, businesswoman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raoul_Gregory_Vitale" title="Raoul Gregory Vitale">Raoul Gregory Vitale</a>، Syrian musicologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Abdullah_Ayyoub" title="Ali Abdullah Ayyoub">Ali Abdullah Ayyoub</a>, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Hamsho" title="Mustafa Hamsho">Mustafa Hamsho</a>, professional boxer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadim_Nassar" title="Nadim Nassar">Nadim Nassar</a>, priest and founder of <a href="/wiki/Awareness_Foundation" title="Awareness Foundation">Awareness Foundation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Syria">List of twin towns and sister cities in Syria</a></div> <p>Latakia is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span>/<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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Laodicea">Philonides (physician)</a>, epicurean philosopher and mathematician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_16_Teshreen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake 16 Teshreen">Lake 16 Teshreen</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Latakia&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/22/content_6774726.htm">the original</a> on 2016-10-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-933062-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-933062-1"><bdi>978-0-19-933062-1</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230923073528/https://books.google.com/books?id=99pMAgAAQBAJ&q=alawite+state+reintegrating+into+Syria+in+1944&pg=PA244">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-09-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Marlène Laruelle. Lanham, Maryland. 2018. p. 177. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4985-4652-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4985-4652-2"><bdi>978-1-4985-4652-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1030444167">1030444167</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tajikistan+on+the+move+%3A+statebuilding+and+societal+transformations&rft.place=Lanham%2C+Maryland&rft.pages=177&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1030444167&rft.isbn=978-1-4985-4652-2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F1030444167&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALatakia" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>) CS1 maint: others (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others" title="Category:CS1 maint: others">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Ras Ziyarah", literally, "Cape of Visitation (<a href="/wiki/Ziyarah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ziyarah">Ziyarah</a>)"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNational_Geospatial-intelligence_Agency2005" class="citation book cs1">National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=elzyK_4aWPUC&q=%22Ras+Ziyarah%22&pg=PA38"><i>Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Eastern Mediterranean Enroute</i></a>. ProStar Publications. p. 38. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781577856573" title="Special:BookSources/9781577856573"><bdi>9781577856573</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230923073528/https://books.google.com/books?id=elzyK_4aWPUC&q=%22Ras+Ziyarah%22&pg=PA38">Archived</a> from the original on 2023-09-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Dimashq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwayda" title="Suwayda">Suwayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartus" title="Tartus">Tartus</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syria_districts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Districts of Syria"><img alt="Districts of Syria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Syria_districts.png/100px-Syria_districts.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Syria_districts.png/150px-Syria_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Syria_districts.png/200px-Syria_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="866" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Syria" title="Districts of Syria">District</a> centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Kamal" title="Abu Kamal">Abu Kamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afrin,_Syria" title="Afrin, Syria">Afrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariha,_Idlib" title="Ariha, Idlib">Ariha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atarib" title="Atarib">Atarib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_al-Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayn al-Arab">Ayn al-Arab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azaz" title="Azaz">Azaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bab" title="Al-Bab">al-Bab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baniyas" title="Baniyas">Baniyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darayya" title="Darayya">Darayya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayr_Hafir" title="Dayr Hafir">Dayr Hafir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douma,_Syria" title="Douma, Syria">Douma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duraykish" title="Duraykish">Duraykish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiq,_Syria" title="Fiq, Syria">Fiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Haffah" title="Al-Haffah">al-Haffah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harem,_Syria" title="Harem, Syria">Harem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Izra" title="Izra">Izra'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jableh" title="Jableh">Jableh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarabulus" title="Jarabulus">Jarabulus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jisr_ash-Shughur" title="Jisr ash-Shughur">Jisr ash-Shughur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maarat_al-Numaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Maarat al-Numaan">Maarat al-Numaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Malikiyah" title="Al-Malikiyah">al-Malikiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbij" title="Manbij">Manbij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf">Masyaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayadin" title="Mayadin">Mayadin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mhardeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mhardeh">Mhardeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mukharram" title="Al-Mukharram">al-Mukharram al-Foqani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An-Nabk" class="mw-redirect" title="An-Nabk">an-Nabk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra" title="Palmyra">Palmyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qamishli" title="Qamishli">Qamishli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qardaha" title="Qardaha">Qardaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatana" title="Qatana">Qatana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qudsaya" title="Qudsaya">Qudsaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qusayr,_Syria" title="Al-Qusayr, Syria">al-Qusayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qutayfah" title="Al-Qutayfah">al-Qutayfah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ras_al-Ayn,_al-Hasakah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah">Ra's al-'Ayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rastan" title="Al-Rastan">al-Rastan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/As-Safira" title="As-Safira">as-Safira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safita" title="Safita">Safita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamiyah" title="Salamiyah">Salamiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salkhad" title="Salkhad">Salkhad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sanamayn" title="Al-Sanamayn">al-Sanamayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahba" title="Shahba">Shahba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ash-Shaykh_Badr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash-Shaykh Badr">ash-Shaykh Badr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Suqaylabiyah" title="Al-Suqaylabiyah">al-Suqaylabiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talkalakh" title="Talkalakh">Talkalakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Tall_(Syria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Tall (Syria)">al-Tall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Abyad" title="Tell Abyad">Tell Abyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Thawrah" title="Al-Thawrah">al-Thawrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yabroud" title="Yabroud">Yabroud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zabadani" class="mw-redirect" title="Zabadani">Zabadani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nahiyah" title="Nahiyah">Sub-district</a> centres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Qilqil" title="Abu Qilqil">Abu Qilqil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Thuhur" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu al-Thuhur">Abu al-Thuhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhtarin" title="Akhtarin">Akhtarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amuda" title="Amuda">Amuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbeen" class="mw-redirect" title="Arbeen">Arbeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arima,_Syria" title="Arima, Syria">Arima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ariqah" title="Al-Ariqah">al-Ariqah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Arishah" title="Al-Arishah">al-Arishah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armanaz" title="Armanaz">Armanaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arwad" title="Arwad">Arwad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Asharah" title="Al-Asharah">al-Asharah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assal_al-Ward" title="Assal al-Ward">Assal al-Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awj" title="Awj">Awj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_al-Fijah" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayn al-Fijah">Ayn al-Fijah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_Halaqim" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayn Halaqim">Ayn Halaqim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_Issa" title="Ayn Issa">Ayn Issa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_al-Nasr" class="mw-redirect" title="Ayn al-Nasr">Ayn al-Nasr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babbila" title="Babbila">Babbila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banan,_Syria" title="Banan, Syria">Banan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barri_Sharqi" title="Barri Sharqi">Barri Sharqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Jinn" title="Beit Jinn">Beit Jinn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binnish" title="Binnish">Binnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bir_al-Helou" title="Bir al-Helou">Bir al-Helou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosra" title="Bosra">Bosra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulbul,_Syria" title="Bulbul, Syria">Bulbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busayrah" class="mw-redirect" title="Busayrah">Busayrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Da%27el" title="Da'el">Da'el</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Dana,_Syria" title="Al-Dana, Syria">al-Dana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darat_Izza" title="Darat Izza">Darat Izza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darkush" title="Darkush">Darkush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Darbasiyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Darbasiyah">al-Darbasiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_Atiyah" title="Deir Atiyah">Deir Atiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Dimas" title="Al-Dimas">al-Dimas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Dumayr" title="Al-Dumayr">al-Dumayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furqlus" title="Furqlus">Furqlus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghabaghib" title="Ghabaghib">Ghabaghib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghandoura" title="Ghandoura">Ghandoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ghariyah" title="Al-Ghariyah">al-Ghariyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ghizlaniyah" title="Al-Ghizlaniyah">al-Ghizlaniyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hader,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Hader, Syria">al-Hader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadidah" title="Hadidah">Hadidah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hajar_al-Aswad" title="Al-Hajar al-Aswad">al-Hajar al-Aswad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hajib" title="Al-Hajib">al-Hajib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajin" title="Hajin">Hajin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hamidiyah" title="Al-Hamidiyah">al-Hamidiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hamraa" title="Al-Hamraa">al-Hamraa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harasta" title="Harasta">Harasta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harbnafsah" class="mw-redirect" title="Harbnafsah">Harbnafsah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harran_al-Awamid" title="Harran al-Awamid">Harran al-Awamid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hirak,_Syria" title="Al-Hirak, Syria">al-Hirak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hish,_Syria" title="Hish, Syria">Hish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisyah" title="Hisyah">Hisyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hawl" title="Al-Hawl">al-Hawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huraytan" class="mw-redirect" title="Huraytan">Huraytan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Huwash" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Huwash">al-Huwash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibbin_Samaan" title="Ibbin Samaan">Ibbin Samaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihsim" title="Ihsim">Ihsim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayrud" title="Jayrud">Jayrud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jalaa" title="Al-Jalaa">al-Jalaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Janudiyah" title="Al-Janudiyah">al-Janudiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaramana" title="Jaramana">Jaramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jarniyah" title="Al-Jarniyah">al-Jarniyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasim" title="Jasim">Jasim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jawadiyah" title="Al-Jawadiyah">al-Jawadiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubb_al-Jarrah" title="Jubb al-Jarrah">Jubb al-Jarrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubb_Ramlah" title="Jubb Ramlah">Jubb Ramlah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jindires" title="Jindires">Jindires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jiza,_Syria" title="Al-Jiza, Syria">al-Jiza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qabu,_Syria" title="Al-Qabu, Syria">al-Qabu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Batna" title="Kafr Batna">Kafr Batna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Nabl" title="Kafr Nabl">Kafr Nabl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Takharim" title="Kafr Takharim">Kafr Takharim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Zita" title="Kafr Zita">Kafr Zita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Karamah,_Raqqa_Governorate" title="Al-Karamah, Raqqa Governorate">al-Karamah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Kasrah" title="Al-Kasrah">al-Kasrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kessab" title="Kessab">Kessab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Khafsah" title="Al-Khafsah">al-Khafsah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khan_Shaykhun" title="Khan Shaykhun">Khan Shaykhun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasham" title="Khasham">Khasham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirnaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirnaz">Kirnaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwayris_Sharqi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwayris Sharqi">Kuwayris Sharqi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanasir" title="Khanasir">Khanaser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Ghazaleh" title="Khirbet Ghazaleh">Khirbet Ghazaleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_al-Tin_Mahmoud" class="mw-redirect" title="Khirbet al-Tin Mahmoud">Khirbet al-Tin Mahmoud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Kiswah" title="Al-Kiswah">al-Kiswah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27arrat_Misrin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma'arrat Misrin">Ma'arrat Misrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maabatli" title="Maabatli">Maabatli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maadan" class="mw-redirect" title="Maadan">Maadan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maaloula" title="Maaloula">Maaloula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madaya,_Syria" title="Madaya, Syria">Madaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahin,_Syria" title="Mahin, Syria">Mahin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Malah" title="Tell Malah">Malah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Malihah" title="Al-Malihah">al-Malihah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mansurah,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Mansurah, Syria">al-Mansurah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mare%27" title="Mare'">Mare'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markada" title="Markada">Markada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashta_al-Helu" title="Mashta al-Helu">Mashta al-Helu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maskanah" title="Maskanah">Maskanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Masmiyah" title="Al-Masmiyah">al-Masmiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mazraa,_Syria" title="Al-Mazraa, Syria">al-Mazraa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhambal" title="Muhambal">Muhambal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhasan" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhasan">Muhasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Musayfirah" title="Al-Musayfirah">al-Musayfirah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mushannaf" title="Al-Mushannaf">al-Mushannaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzayrib" title="Muzayrib">Muzayrib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nashabiyah" title="Al-Nashabiyah">al-Nashabiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nasirah,_Syria" title="Al-Nasirah, Syria">al-Nasirah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawa,_Syria" title="Nawa, Syria">Nawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nubl" class="mw-redirect" title="Nubl">Nubl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qadmus" title="Al-Qadmus">al-Qadmus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qahtaniyah,_Al-Hasakah_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Qahtaniyah, Al-Hasakah Governorate">al-Qahtaniyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qalaat_al-Madiq" title="Qalaat al-Madiq">Qalaat al-Madiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarah,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Qarah, Syria">Qarah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qaryatayn" title="Al-Qaryatayn">al-Qaryatayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qurayya" title="Al-Qurayya">al-Qurayya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurqania" title="Qurqania">Qurqania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajo,_Syria" title="Rajo, Syria">Rajo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rankus" class="mw-redirect" title="Rankus">Rankus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasm_Harmil_al-Imam" title="Rasm Harmil al-Imam">Rasm Harmil al-Imam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rai,_Syria" title="Al-Rai, Syria">al-Rai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Riqama" title="Al-Riqama">al-Riqama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ruhaybah" title="Al-Ruhaybah">al-Ruhaybah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Saan" title="Al-Saan">al-Saan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saasaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Saasaa">Saasaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabburah" title="Sabburah">Sabburah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sabe%27_Biyar" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Sabe' Biyar">al-Sabe' Biyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sabkhah" title="Al-Sabkhah">al-Sabkhah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadad,_Syria" title="Sadad, Syria">Sadad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahnaya" title="Sahnaya">Sahnaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saidnaya" title="Saidnaya">Saidnaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salqin" title="Salqin">Salqin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saraqib" title="Saraqib">Saraqib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarmin" title="Sarmin">Sarmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarrin" title="Sarrin">Sarrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawran,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sawran, Syria">Sawran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sebei,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebei, Syria">Sebei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shaddadah" title="Al-Shaddadah">al-Shaddadah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shajara,_Syria" title="Al-Shajara, Syria">al-Shajara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaqqa" title="Shaqqa">Shaqqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharran" title="Sharran">Sharran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shathah" title="Shathah">Shathah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaykh_al-Hadid" title="Shaykh al-Hadid">Shaykh al-Hadid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shaykh_Maskin" title="Al-Shaykh Maskin">al-Shaykh Maskin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shayukh_Tahtani" class="mw-redirect" title="Shayukh Tahtani">Shayukh Tahtani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shin,_Syria" title="Shin, Syria">Shin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinjar,_Idlib" title="Sinjar, Idlib">Sinjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirghaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirghaya">Sirghaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slinfah" title="Slinfah">Slinfah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suluk,_Syria" title="Suluk, Syria">Suluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Surah_al-Saghirah" title="Al-Surah al-Saghirah">al-Surah al-Saghirah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwar" title="Al-Suwar">al-Suwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suran,_Hama_Governorate" title="Suran, Hama Governorate">Suran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Susah" title="Al-Susah">al-Susah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sukhnah,_Syria" title="Al-Sukhnah, Syria">al-Sukhnah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Tabni" title="Al-Tabni">al-Tabni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talbiseh" title="Talbiseh">Talbiseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taldou" title="Taldou">Taldou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Tamanah" title="Al-Tamanah">al-Tamanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasil" title="Tasil">Tasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_al-Daman" title="Tell al-Daman">Tell al-Daman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Hamis" title="Tell Hamis">Tell Hamis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Rifaat" 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left: 108px;"><div id="Latakia_District" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Latakia_District" title="Latakia District">Latakia District</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Latakia<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Latakia</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baksa,_Syria" title="Baksa, Syria">Baksa</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Hanadi" title="Hanadi">Hanadi</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bassah,_Syria" title="Al-Bassah, Syria">al-Bassah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fideo,_Syria" title="Fideo, Syria">Fideo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Sanawbar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Sanawbar (page does not exist)">al-Sanawbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shir" title="Al-Shir">al-Shir</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Kessab <br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Kessab" title="Kessab">Kessab</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Qastal Ma'af<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Jableh<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Jableh" title="Jableh">Jableh</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_al-Mulk" title="Arab al-Mulk">Arab al-Mulk</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bisaysin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bisaysin (page does not exist)">Bisaysin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Burjal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Burjal (page does not exist)">al-Burjal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bustan_al-Basha" title="Bustan al-Basha">Bustan al-Basha</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirghamo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dirghamo (page does not exist)">Dirghamo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hmeimim" title="Hmeimim">Hmeimim</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Qabu,_Latakia_Governorate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Qabu, Latakia Governorate (page does not exist)">al-Qabu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ras_al-Ayn,_Latakia_Governorate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ras al-Ayn, Latakia Governorate (page does not exist)">Ras al-Ayn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Sharashir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Sharashir (page does not exist)">al-Sharashir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyannu" title="Siyannu">Siyannu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Ayn al-Sharqiyah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ayn_al-Sharqiyah" title="Ayn al-Sharqiyah">Ayn al-Sharqiyah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bani_Qahtan_Castle" title="Bani Qahtan Castle">Bani Qahtan 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title="Al-Qassabin">al-Qassabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarabion" title="Sarabion">Sarabion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Beit Yashout<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Beit_Yashout" title="Beit Yashout">Beit Yashout</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bsheili" title="Bsheili">Bsheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halbakko" title="Halbakko">Halbakko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallet_Ara" title="Hallet Ara">Hallet Ara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Daliyah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Daliyah" title="Daliyah">Daliyah</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Qutailibiyah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Al-Qutailibiyah" title="Al-Qutailibiyah">al-Qutailibiyah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Al-Aqibah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al-Aqibah (page does not exist)">al-Aqibah</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baabda,_Syria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baabda, Syria (page does not exist)">Baabda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashraghi" title="Bashraghi">Bashraghi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dweir_Baabda" title="Dweir Baabda">Dweir Baabda</a> (incl. <a href="/wiki/Sarabion" title="Sarabion">Sarabion</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamam_al-Qarahleh" title="Hamam al-Qarahleh">Hamam al-Qarahleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurfays" title="Qurfays">Qurfays</a></li></ul> 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Camarata_(Mauretania)" title="Camarata (Mauretania)">Camarata</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartennae" title="Cartennae">Cartennae</a> (<a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9n%C3%A8s" title="Ténès">Tenes</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Hippo_Regius" title="Hippo Regius">Hippo Regius</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Icosium" title="Icosium">Icosium</a> (<a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Igilgili" title="Igilgili">Igilgili</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jijel" title="Jijel">Jijel</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cherchell" title="Cherchell">Iol (Cherchell)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Iomnium" title="Iomnium">Iomnium</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tigzirt" title="Tigzirt">Tigzirt</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cirta" title="Cirta">Cirta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Constantine,_Algeria" title="Constantine, Algeria">Constantine</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Djinet" title="Djinet">Kissi (Djinet)</a></dd> <dd><a 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title="Thagora">Thagora</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taoura" title="Taoura">Taoura</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tipasa_in_Mauretania" class="mw-redirect" title="Tipasa in Mauretania">Tipasa in Mauretania</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tipasa_in_Numidia" title="Tipasa in Numidia">Tipasa in Numidia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Timici" title="Timici">Timici</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cyprus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Dali,_Cyprus" title="Dali, Cyprus">Dhali</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kition" title="Kition">Kition</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lapathus_(Cyprus)" title="Lapathus (Cyprus)">Lapathus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Cyprus" title="Marion, Cyprus">Marion</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Greece</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Callista (Santorini)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Paxi" class="mw-redirect" title="Paxi">Paxi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Israel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Achziv" title="Achziv">Achzib</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Akka (Acre)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Dor" title="Tel Dor">Dora</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Michal" title="Tel Michal">Michal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Apollonia-Arsuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollonia-Arsuf">Reshef</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Shikmona" title="Tel Shikmona">Shikmona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima" title="Caesarea Maritima">Strato's Tower (Caesarea)</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bithia,_Italy" title="Bithia, Italy">Bitan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chia_(Sardinia)" title="Chia (Sardinia)">Chia</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cefal%C3%B9" title="Cefalù">Cape Melqart (Cefalù)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Drepana" title="Drepana">Drepanum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trapani" title="Trapani">Trapani</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eryx_(Sicily)" title="Eryx (Sicily)">Eryx</a> (<a href="/wiki/Erice" title="Erice">Erice</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Minoa" title="Heraclea Minoa">Heraclea Minoa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Soluntum" title="Soluntum">Kapara (Soluntum)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cagliari" title="History of Cagliari">Karaly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cagliari" title="Cagliari">Cagliari</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marsala" title="Marsala">Lilybaeum</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motya" title="Motya">Motya</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neapolis,_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Neapolis, Sardinia">Neapolis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nora,_Italy" title="Nora, Italy">Nora</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Olbia" title="Olbia">Olbia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria" title="Pantelleria">Pantelleria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Selinunte" title="Selinunte">Selinunte</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sulci" title="Sulci">Sulci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sant%27Antioco" title="Sant'Antioco">Sant'Antioco</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tharros" title="Tharros">Tharros</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Ṣiṣ (Palermo)</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lebanon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Amioun" title="Amioun">Amia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Enfeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfeh">Ampi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arqa" title="Arqa">Arqa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Athar (Tripoli)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek">Baalbek</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Berytus" title="Berytus">Birut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Batroun" title="Batroun">Botrys (Teros)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Gebal (Byblos)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tell_el-Burak" title="Tell el-Burak">Ornithon (Tell el-Burak)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jieh" title="Jieh"> Porphyreon (Jieh)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sarepta" title="Sarepta">Sarepta</a></dd> <dd><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>Maleth (<a href="/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua">Cospicua</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Melite_(ancient_city)" title="Melite (ancient city)">Ann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina">Mdina</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gaulos (Gozo)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C4%A7ajn_Qajjet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Għajn Qajjet (page does not exist)">Għajn Qajjet</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mtarfa" title="Mtarfa">Mtarfa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ras_il-Wardija" title="Ras il-Wardija">Ras il-Wardija</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tas-Sil%C4%A1" title="Tas-Silġ">Tas-Silġ</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Morocco</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azama (Azemmour)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Essaouira" title="Essaouira">Arambys (Mogador)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caricus_Murus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caricus Murus (page does not exist)">Caricus Murus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Heq she Elisha (Ksar es-Seghir)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lixus_(ancient_city)" title="Lixus (ancient city)">Likush</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larache" title="Larache">Larache</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chellah" title="Chellah">Shalat (Chellah)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tamusida" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamusida">Tamusida</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tingis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tingis">Tinga</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tangier" title="Tangier">Tangier</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anfa" title="Anfa">Anfa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Volubilis" title="Volubilis">Volubilis</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mogador_Island" title="Mogador Island">Mogador</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusadir" title="Rusadir">Rusadir</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Oualidia" title="Oualidia">Oualidia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Iulia_Constantia_Zilil" title="Iulia Constantia Zilil">Zilil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir">Gadir</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chellah" title="Chellah">Sala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thymiaterium" title="Thymiaterium">Thymiaterium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Rusibis</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Portim%C3%A3o" title="Portimão">Portus Hannibalis</a></dd> <dd>Portus Magonis (Portimão)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Olissipona (Lisbon)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Faro,_Portugal" title="Faro, Portugal">Ossonoba (Faro)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Balsa_(Roman_town)" title="Balsa (Roman town)">Balsa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tavira" title="Tavira">Tavira</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Abdera,_Spain" title="Abdera, Spain">Abdera</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adra,_Spain" title="Adra, Spain">Adra</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Abyla" title="Abyla">Abyla</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lucentum" title="Lucentum">Akra Leuka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alicante" title="Alicante">Alicante</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1diz" title="Cádiz">Gadir (Cadiz)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Guardamar_del_Segura" title="Guardamar del Segura">Herna</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sa_Caleta_Phoenician_Settlement" title="Sa Caleta Phoenician Settlement">Iboshim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%B3n" title="Mahón">Mahón</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_of_M%C3%A1laga" title="History of Málaga">Malake</a> (<a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga" title="Málaga">Málaga</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Huelva" title="Huelva">Onoba</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Spain" title="Cartagena, Spain">Carthage (Cartagena)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusadir" title="Rusadir">Rushadir</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Saguntum" class="mw-redirect" title="Saguntum">Saguntum</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sexi_(Phoenician_colony)" title="Sexi (Phoenician colony)">Sexi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Almunecar" class="mw-redirect" title="Almunecar">Almunecar</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADjola" title="Tíjola">Tagilit (Tíjola)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Los_Toscanos" title="Los Toscanos">Toscanos</a> (<a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9lez-M%C3%A1laga" title="Vélez-Málaga">Velez</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Peniscola" title="Peniscola">Tyreche</a></dd></dl> 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