Mashqita

Mashqita
مشقيتا
Village
Mashqita is located in Syria
Mashqita
Mashqita
Coordinates: 35°39′47″N 35°54′37″E / 35.66306°N 35.91028°E / 35.66306; 35.91028
Country Syria
GovernorateLatakia Governorate
DistrictLatakia District
NahiyahAyn al-Bayda
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
2,376
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Mashqita (Arabic: مشقيتا) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Bayda, Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the west, al-Bahluliyah to the east and Mushayrafet al-Samouk to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Mashqita had a population of 2,376 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]

Notables

  • Hani al-Rahib, (30 November 1939 – died 6 February 2000) novelist and literary academic.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.
  3. ^ Salah, Salah (2015). Hamdi, al-Sakkut (ed.). Qāmūs al-Adab al-ʻArabi al-Hadith قاموس الأدب العربي الحديث [Dictionary of Modern Arabic Literature] (in Arabic) (first ed.). Cairo, Egypt: General Egyptian Book Organization. pp. 839–840. ISBN 9789779102146.