Al-Qassabin
Al-Qassabin
القصابين | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 35°19′54″N 36°2′20″E / 35.33167°N 36.03889°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia Governorate |
| District | Jableh District |
| Nahiyah | Ayn Shiqaq |
| Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 780 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Qassabin (Arabic: القصابين) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate, and located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah and Beit Yashout to the east and Siyano, Jableh and Bustan al-Basha to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qassabin had a population of 780 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
The town is notable as the birthplace of the Syrian poet Ali Ahmed Said, better known as Adunis.