Latakia

Latakia or Latakiyah (an aften locally transliteratit as Lattakia) (Arabic: اللَاذِقِيَّة‎ Al-Ladhiqiyah) is the principal port ceety o Sirie, as well as the caipital o the Latakia Govrenorate. In addition tae servin as a port, the ceety is a manufacturin center for surroondin agricultural touns an veelages. Its population in 2009 wis 650,558 an consistit o Sunnis, Alawites an Greek Orthodox Christians.

Though the site haes been inhabitit syne the seicont millennium BCE, the modren-day ceety wis first foondit in the 4t century BCE unner the rule of the Seleucid Empire. Latakia wis subsequently ruled bi the Romans, then the Ummayads an Abbasids in the 8t–10t centuries. Unner their rule, the Byzantines frequently attacked the ceety, periodically recapturin it afore losin it again tae the Arabs, particularly the Fatimids. Efterward, Latakia wis ruled bi the Seljuk Turks, Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mamluks, an Ottomans. Follaein Warld War I, Latakia wis assigned tae the French Mandate o Sirie an Lebanon, in which it served as the caipital o the autonomous territory o the Alawites. This autonomous territory became the State o Alawites in 1922, proclaimin its unthirldom a number o times till reintegratin intae Sirie in 1944.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

• Sousse, Tunisie
• Mersin, Turkey
• Constanţa, Romanie
• Rimini, Italy
• Aden, Yemen
• Gilan Province, Iran

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