Ayn Shiqaq

Ayn al-Shiqaq
عين شقاق
Town
Ayn al-Shiqaq
Coordinates: 35°23′41″N 36°1′51″E / 35.39472°N 36.03083°E / 35.39472; 36.03083
Country  Syria
Governorate Latakia Governorate
District Jableh District
Nahiyah Ayn al-Shiqaq
Population (2004)[1]
 • Total 4,125
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Ayn al-Shiqaq (Arabic: عين شقاق‎‎, also spelled Ain al-Shiqaq) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Zama to the southeast, al-Qassabin to the south, Siyano to the southwest, Jableh to the west, Qardaha to the northeast, al-Budi and Harf al-Musaytirah to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ayn al-Shiqaq had a population of 4,125 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Ayn al-Shiqaq nahiyah ("subdistrict") which contains 15 localities with a total population of 16,031 in 2004.[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. Ayn al-Shiqaq is the birthplace of noted Syrian poet Nadim Muhammad (1907-1994).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (Arabic)
  2. ↑ Kedar, 2006, p. 32.

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