Masyaf

Masyaf is a city in northwestern . It is the center of the in the . As of 2004, Masyaf had a religiously diverse population of approximately 22,000 Ismailis, Alawites and Christians.
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Photo: Alen Ištoković, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 22,500 residents
  • Description: Syrian city
  • Also known as: “‘Omrānīye”, “‘Umraniya”, “Imranie”, “Masiyaf”, “Massiaf”, “Massiâf”, “Maşşīyaf”, “Massyaf”, “Masyāb”, “Masyad”, “Maṣyād”, “Masyad,”, “Maṣyāf”, “Maṣyāth”, “Misiaf”, “Misjaf”, “Musjaf”, “Musyaf”, “Omranié”, “Масиаф”, “مسیف”, “马斯亚夫”, and “马西亚夫”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Misyaf Castle.

Castle
Photo: Mewes, Public domain.
Masyaf Castle is a medieval structure in the town…

Masyaf

Latitude
35.06464° or 35° 3′ 53″ north
Longitude
36.3408° or 36° 20′ 27″ east
Population
22,500
Elevation
502 metres (1,647 feet)
Open location code
8G7R387R+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567200726
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
167046
Wiki­data ID
Q825818
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Masyaf” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مصياف”
  • Armenian: “Մասյաֆ”
  • Asturian: “Masyaf”
  • Azerbaijani: “Masyaf”
  • Azerbaijani: “Məsyaf”
  • Belarusian: “Масьяф”
  • Bulgarian: “Масяф”
  • Catalan: “Masyaf”
  • Cebuano: “Maşyāf”
  • Central Kurdish: “مەسیاف”
  • Chinese: “迈斯亚夫”
  • Chinese: “邁斯亞夫”
  • Czech: “Masjaf”
  • Dutch: “Masyaf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مصياف”
  • Finnish: “Masyaf”
  • French: “Masiaf”
  • French: “Masyaf”
  • Galician: “Masiaf”
  • Georgian: “მასიაფი”
  • German: “Masjaf”
  • German: “Masyaf”
  • Hausa: “Masyaf”
  • Hebrew: “מסיאף”
  • Hebrew: “מסייף”
  • Italian: “Masyaf”
  • Japanese: “マスヤーフ”
  • Korean: “마스야프”
  • Korean: “마시아프”
  • Kurdish: “Misyaf”
  • Lithuanian: “Masjafas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Masyaf”
  • Persian: “مصیاف”
  • Polish: “Masjaf”
  • Portuguese: “Massiafe”
  • Portuguese: “Masyaf”
  • Romanian: “Masyaf”
  • Russian: “Масьяф”
  • Russian: “Масяа́ф”
  • Scots: “Masyaf”
  • Serbian: “Masijaf”
  • Serbian: “Масијаф”
  • Slovenian: “Masjaf”
  • Spanish: “Masyaf”
  • Swedish: “Masyaf”
  • Ukrainian: “Масіаф”
  • Ukrainian: “Масьяф”
  • Urdu: “مصیاف”

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Places to explore: Wadi Bal`ata and Az-Zeina.

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Highlights: ماركت مفيد فاضل and ماركت الرضا.

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