{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Sqoubin |other_name = Saqubin |native_name = سقوبين |image_skyline = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Syria |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria |subdivision_type1 = Governorate |subdivision_name1 = Latakia Governorate |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Latakia District |subdivision_type3 = Nahiyah |subdivision_name3 = Latakia |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |unit_pref = Metric <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2004 census |population_note = |population_total = 6379 |population_footnotes = <ref name="CBS"/> |timezone = EET |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +3 |coordinates = {{coord|35|33|34|N|35|49|50|E|region:SY|display=inline}} |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Sqoubin''' ({{langx|ar|سقوبين}}, also spelled '''Saqubin''') is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Baksa and al-Qanjarah to the north, Sitmarkho to the northeast, Burj al-Qasab to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Sqoubin had a population of 6,379 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032446/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm |date=2013-03-17 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.<ref name="Balanche">{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}}</ref>
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{{Latakia Governorate|latakia}}
Category:Populated places in Latakia District Category:Alawite communities in Syria