Kessab
Kessab, also spelled Kesab or Kasab, is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located 59 kilometers north of Latakia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,750 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Kasab”, “Kesab”, “Kiseb”, and “Qasab”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jebel Aqra and Barlum Monastery.
Jebel Aqra
Peak
Jebel Aqra is a limestone mountain located on the Syrian–Turkish border near the mouth of the Orontes River on the Mediterranean Sea. Rising from a narrow coastal plain, Jebel Aqra is a mariners' landmark that gathers thunderstorms. Jebel Aqra is situated 3½ km northwest of Kessab.
Barlum Monastery
Church
Monastery of Saint Barlaam is a 10th-century Georgian monastery in Antioch, modern-day Turkey's Hatay Province. During the Seleucid and the Roman era there existed a Doric temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bezge and Yayladağı.
Bezge
Village
Bezge is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Yayladağı, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 867. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. It is 10 kilometres northwest from Yayladağı. Bezge is situated 5 km northeast of Kessab.
Yayladağı
Town
Photo: Vikiçizer, Public domain.
Yayladağı, formerly Ordu, is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 445 km2, and its population is 36,803. It is on the border with Syria, 51 km south of the city of Antakya. Yayladağı is situated 7 km east of Kessab.
Kessab
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Latakia Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.92708° or 35° 55′ 38″ northLongitude
35.98895° or 35° 59′ 20″ eastPopulation
1,750Elevation
699 metres (2,293 feet)Open location code
8G7QWXGQ+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 567063171OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
168519Wikidata ID
Q1026301
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Kessab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كسب”
- Armenian: “Քեսաբ”
- Bulgarian: “Кесаб”
- Cebuano: “Kassab”
- Chinese: “凯萨布”
- Chinese: “凱莎柏”
- Dutch: “Kesab”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كسب”
- Esperanto: “Kesabo”
- Finnish: “Kasab”
- French: “Kasab”
- French: “Kassab”
- French: “Kessab”
- Georgian: “ქესაბი”
- German: “Kasab”
- German: “Kessab”
- Greek: “Κεσάμπ”
- Hebrew: “כסב”
- Hungarian: “Kesab”
- Interlingua: “Kessab”
- Italian: “Kessab”
- Japanese: “カサブ”
- Japanese: “現シリア領のKesab”
- Korean: “카사브”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kesab”
- Persian: “کسب”
- Polish: “Kassab”
- Russian: “Касаб”
- Russian: “Кассаб”
- Russian: “Кесаб”
- Russian: “Кессаб”
- Scots: “Kesab”
- Turkish: “Keseb”
- Urdu: “کسب”
- Western Armenian: “Քեսապ”
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