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Bustan al-Basha

Village in northwestern Syria

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Village in northwestern Syria

Field	Value
official_name	Bustan al-Basha
native_name	بستان الباشا
pushpin_map	Syria
pushpin_mapsize	250
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Latakia
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Jableh
subdivision_type3	Subdistrict
subdivision_name3	Jableh
settlement_type	Village
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2004 census
population_total	1,603
population_footnotes
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
timezone_DST	EEST
utc_offset_DST	+3
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type

Bustan al-Basha (, also spelled Bistan al-Basha, ) is a village located along the Mediterranean coastline in northern Syria, part of the Latakia Governorate. It is situated southeast of Latakia and west of Qardaha. In the 2004 census Bustan al-Basha had a population of 1,603. Most of its inhabitants are Alawites and the village is home to the Makhlouf family who are related to the Assad family. According to Patrick Seale, Bustan al-Basha's residents were mostly aligned with Syrian Social Nationalist Party in the mid-20th-century.

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[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-8-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive. link. (2013-01-12 . [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang. ar
Seale, 1990, p.49.

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