Latakia
Latakia (Arabic: اللَاذِقِيَّة al-Lādhiqīyah), is the main port city of Syria. It is the 4th largest city in Syria after Aleppo, Damascus and Homs with 383,786[3] inhabitants. It is the capital of the Latakia Governorate. Tishreen University is in the city.
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اللَاذِقِيَّة | |
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| File:Latakia Collage.jpg | |
Official seal of Seal | |
| Country | 22x20px Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia Governorate |
| District | Latakia District |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Abdulqader Abdulsheikh[1] |
| Area | |
| • Land | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 108 km2 (42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • City | 383,786[2] |
| • Metro | 424,392 |
| Website | eLatakia |
Latakia is the home city of two football clubs: Teshrin Sports Club was founded in 1947,[4] and Hutteen Sports Club was founded in 1945.[5] Both teams play in the al-Assad Stadium. There is also Latakia Sports City complex. It was built in 1987 to host the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
Latakia Media
- Latakia Tetraporticus 4036.jpg
Latakia Tetraporticus, built by Septimius Severus in AD 193
- Latakia peripteral temple remains 4056.jpg
Ruins of the Temple of Bacchus in Latakia
- Lattakia,CatholicChurch.jpg
The Latin Church of Latakia, also known as the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Museum of Latakia, Syria.jpg
The National Museum of Latakia, a previous Ottoman era khan
- Illustration from Views in the Ottoman Dominions by Luigi Mayer, digitally enhanced by rawpixel-com 44.jpg
Port of Latakia, painted by Luigi Mayer (1810)
- LatakiaJulesJammalSchool.jpg
One of the oldest schools in Latakia was previous mandatory-era barracks, and later school. It was subsequently named after Jules Jammal and known ever since as the 'Jules Jammal School'
- Stamp Alaouites 1926 10pi air.jpg
A 10-piastre stamp of Syria used in the Alawite State
- Lattakia 1970.jpg
A weiw of the Syrian city of Latakia in 1970.
- Russian military aircraft at Latakia, Syria (1).jpg
A Russian military aircraft in Khmeimim Air Base, one of Russia's main bases of operation in Syria
- Slinfah.png
Slinfah's mountains and houses in Latakia, Syria.
References
- ↑ H. Zain / Mazen / H. Sabbagh (23 April 2011). New Governor of Lattakia sworn in. http://www.sana.sy/eng/21/2011/04/23/342933.htm. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ↑ "Latakia city population". Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Teshrin SC Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Welt Fussball Archive.
- ↑ Al-Hutteen SC Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine Welt Fussball Archive.
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