Sqoubin
title: "Sqoubin" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-latakia-district", "alawite-communities-in-syria"] topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sqoubin" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Sqoubin |
| other_name | Saqubin |
| native_name | سقوبين |
| pushpin_map | Syria |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| 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 | Latakia |
| established_title | |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_as_of | 2004 census |
| population_total | 6379 |
| population_footnotes | |
| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +2 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| postal_code_type | |
| :: |
|official_name = Sqoubin |other_name = Saqubin |native_name = سقوبين |image_skyline = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Syria |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |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 = Latakia |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |established_title3 = |established_date3 = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2004 census |population_note = |population_total = 6379 |population_footnotes = |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = Sqoubin (, also spelled Saqubin) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Baksa and al-Qanjarah to the north, Sitmarkho to the northeast, Burj al-Qasab to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Sqoubin had a population of 6,379 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
References
References
- [http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive. link. (2013-03-17 . [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang. ar
- Balanche, Fabrice. (2006). "La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien". Karthala Editions.
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