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Burj Islam

Field	Value
official_name	Burj Islam
native_name	برج اسلام
settlement_type	Village
coordinates
image_skyline	Burjeslam.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Burj Islam beach
dot_x		dot_y =
pushpin_map	Syria
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Syria
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	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	Ayn al-Bayda
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2004
population_total	5,652
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
area_code	41
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Csa

Burj Islam () is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Salib al-Turkman to the north, al-Shabatliyah to the northeast, Ayn al-Bayda to the east and al-Shamiyah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 5,652 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims from Turkmen ethnicity.

The village is a popular summer resort with a white rock beach.

References

[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-4-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-12-04 . [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang. ar
Blanche, Fabrice. (23 September 2015). "Latakia is Assad's Achilles Heel".
"Thorn Tree - beaches in Syria".

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