Burj Islam ( ar, برج اسلام) is a village 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

Salib al-Turkman Salib al-Turkman ( tr, Sılayip Türkmen, ar, صليب تركمان, Sīlāyīp Tūrkman) or ( ar, صليب التركمان, Sālīb al-Turkman) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of ...

to the north,

al-Shabatliyah Al-Shabatliyah ( ar, الشبطلية) 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 south, Ayn al-Bayda, al-Bahluliyah an ...

to the northeast, Ayn al-Bayda to the east and

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 ...

to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 5,652 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...

s from Turkmen ethnicity. The village is a popular summer resort with a white rock beach.

References

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