Ayn Shiqaq

Ayn al-Shiqaq (Arabic: عين شقاق‎, spelt Ain al-Shiqaq an aw) is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Jableh Destrict in the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit sooth o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Zama tae the sootheast, al-Qassabin tae the sooth, Siyano tae the soothwast, Jableh tae the wast, Qardaha tae the northeast, al-Budi an Harf al-Musaytirah tae the east. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Ayn al-Shiqaq haed a population o 4,125 in the 2004 census. It is the admeenistrative centre o the Ayn al-Shiqaq nahiyah ("subdestrict") which contains 15 localities wi a total population o 16,031 in 2004.^[1] The inhabitants are predominantly Alawites. Ayn al-Shiqaq is the birthplace o notit Sirie poet Nadim Muhammad (1907-1994).^[2]

Ayn al-Shiqaq عين شقاق
Toun
Ayn al-Shiqaq
Coordinates: 35°23′41″N 36°1′51″E
Kintra	Sirie
Govrenorate	Latakia Govrenorate
Destrict	Jableh Destrict
Nahiyah	Ayn al-Shiqaq
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	4,125
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)