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Latakia Governorate
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Latakia Governorate is a region in Syria located on the country's western coast along the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of Syria's administrative divisions and serves as an important coastal area for the country.
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- Instance of
- governorate of Syria
- Official name
- مُحافظة اللاذقية
- Country
- Syria
- Located in
- Syria
- Contains
- Al-Haffah District
- Capital
- Latakia
- Population
- 1364985
- Area
- 2297.0
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Shares border with
- Tartus Governorate
- Official website
- latakia.gov.sy
- Image
- Inside Saladin's castle - panoramio.jpg
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- Category:Latakia Governorate
- Commons category
- Latakia Governorate
- native label
- مُحافظة اللاذقية
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Latakia Governorate
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Encyclopedic overview
Latakia Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة اللاذقية, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Lāḏiqiyya), officially known as Lattakia Governorate, is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in northwestern Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay Province to the north, Idlib and Hama Governorate to the east, Tartus Governorate to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Its reported area varies in different sources from 2,297 km (887 sq mi) to 2,437 km (941 sq mi). The governorate has a population of 1,008,000 (2011 estimate).
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