Beit Yashut ( Arabic: بيت ياشوط ) is a small town in northwestern Syria , located in the Latakia governorate. Included in the Jabla area. It is the administrative center of the same name Nakhia.
| City | |
| Beit yashut | |
|---|---|
| Arab. بيت ياشوط | |
 | |
| A country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| Area | Jabla |
| History and Geography | |
| Center height | 764 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 6115 people ( 2004 ) |
Content
- 1 Geographical location
- 2 population
- 3 Transport
- 4 notes
Geographical position
The city is located in the southeastern part of the governorate, west of the Ansaria mountain range, at an altitude of 764 meters above sea level [1] .
Beit Yashut is located approximately 34 kilometers southeast of the city of Latakia , the provincial capital, and 195 kilometers north-northwest (NNW) from Damascus , the country's capital.
Population
According to the official census of 2004, the population of the city was 6115 people (3118 men and 2997 women) [2] . Alavites predominate in the confessional composition of the population [3] .
Transport
The nearest civilian airport is Basil Al-Assad International Airport [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Bayt Yashut, Syria Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer.
- ↑ 2004 Official Census Data (ar.) (Link not available) . Central Bureau of Statistics Syria. Date of treatment October 20, 2017. Archived March 4, 2014.
- ↑ Batatu, Hanna. Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics . - Princeton University Press, 1999 .-- ISBN 0691002541 .