Burj Islam

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title: "Burj Islam" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-latakia-district", "populated-coastal-places-in-syria", "turkmen-settlements-in-latakia-governorate"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-latakia-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Islam" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Burj Islam
native_name	برج اسلام
settlement_type	Village
coordinates
image_skyline	Burjeslam.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Burj Islam beach
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Latakia Governorate
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Latakia District
subdivision_type3	Nahiyah
subdivision_name3	Ayn al-Bayda
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established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2
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population_as_of	2004
population_total	5,652
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
area_code	41
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Csa
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Burj Islam () is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Salib al-Turkman to the north, al-Shabatliyah to the northeast, Ayn al-Bayda to the east and al-Shamiyah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 5,652 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims from Turkmen ethnicity.

The village is a popular summer resort with a white rock beach.

References

References

2. [http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-4-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-12-04 . [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang. ar
3. Blanche, Fabrice. (23 September 2015). "Latakia is Assad's Achilles Heel".
4. "Thorn Tree - beaches in Syria".

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