Beit Yashout بيت ياشوط |
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Coordinates: 35°19′1″N 36°7′49″E / 35.31694°N 36.13028°E | |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Latakia Governorate |
District | Jableh District |
Nahiyah | Beit Yashout |
Elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 6,115 |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Beit Yashout (Arabic: بيت ياشوط) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate, and located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah to the west and al-Daliyah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Yashout had a population of 6,115 in the 2004 census. The town is located in the An-Nusayriyah Mountains at an elevation of around 500 m (1,700 ft).
Beit Yashout is one of the settlements inhabited by the Alawite Hadadeen tribe, to which former first lady Aniseh Makhluf belonged. However, the village was a traditional home of the Bani Ali clan, also Alawite. Beit Yashout is the hometown of Muhammad al-Khuli, a prominent military official in Baathist governments in the 1960s and throughout former president Hafez al-Assad's time in office (1970-2000).