Beit Yashout بيت ياشوط | |
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Toun | |
Coordinates: 35°19′1″N 36°7′49″E / 35.31694°N 36.13028°E | |
Kintra | Sirie |
Govrenorate | Latakia Govrenorate |
Destrict | Jableh Destrict |
Nahiyah | Beit Yashout |
Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 6,115 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Beit Yashout (Arabic: بيت ياشوط) is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Jableh Destrict o the Latakia Govrenorate, an locatit sooth o Latakia. Nearbi localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah tae the wast an al-Daliyah tae the sooth. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Beit Yashout haed a population o 6,115 in the 2004 census.[1] The toun is locatit in the An-Nusayriyah muntains at an elevation o aroond 500 m (1,700 ft).
Beit Yashout is ane o the settlements inhabitit bi the Alawite Hadadeen tribe, tae which umwhile first lady Aniseh Makhluf belangit.[2] Housomeivver, the veelage wis a traditional hame o the Bani Ali clan, Alawite an aw.[3] Beit Yashout is the hametoun o Muhammad al-Khuli, a prominent militar offeecial in Baathist govrenments in the 1960s an throughoot umwhile preses Hafez al-Assad's time in office (1970-2000).[4]