Al-Qassabin

Al-Qassabin (Arabic: القصابين) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate, and located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah and Beit Yashout to the east and Siyano, Jableh and Bustan al-Basha to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qassabin had a population of 780 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.^[2]

Al-Qassabin القصابين
Village
Al-Qassabin
Coordinates: 35°19′54″N 36°2′20″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Latakia Governorate
District	Jableh District
Nahiyah	Ayn Shiqaq
Population  (2004 census)[1]
• Total	780
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The town is notable as the birthplace of the Syrian poet Ali Ahmed Said, better known as Adunis.^[3]