Ayn al-Bayda ( ar, عين البيضة) is a town in northwestern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, administratively part of the

Latakia Governorate Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Turkey's Hatay ...

, located north of

Latakia , coordinates = , elevation_footnotes = , elevation_m = 11 , elevation_ft = , postal_code_type = , postal_code = , area_code = Country code: 963 City code: 41 , geocode ...

. Nearby localities include

Al-Shamiyah Al-Shamiyah ( ar, الشامية) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Burj Islam to the north, Burj al-Qasab and Kirsana to the south. According to ...

and

Burj Islam Burj Islam ( ar, برج اسلام) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Salib al-Turkman to the north, al-Shabatliyah to the northeast, Ayn al-B ...

to the west,

al-Bahluliyah Al-Bahluliyah ( ar, البهلولية) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the west, Sitmarkho and al-Qanjarah to ...

and Mashqita to the east and

Mushayrafet al-Samouk Mushayrafet al-Samouk ( ar, مشيرفة الساموك) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kirsana and Burj al-Qasab to the west, al-Shamiyah to ...

to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ayn al-Bayda had a population of 1,629 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isla ...

Climate

The climate is mild, and generally warm and temperate. There is more rainfall in the winter than in the summer. The climate is considered to be Csa according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. The average annual temperature is 18.5 °C. In a year, the average rainfall is 1004 mm.

References

{{Latakia Governorate, latakia Populated places in Latakia District Towns in Syria Alawite communities in Syria