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.- Town with about 1,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 800 metres (2,620 feet)
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as“Kasab”“Kesab”“Kiseb”“Qasab”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jebel Aqra and Barlum Monastery.
Jebel Aqra
Peak
Jebel Aqra is a limestone mountain located on the… Jebel Aqra is situated 3½ km northwest of Kessab.
Barlum Monastery
Church
Monastery of Saint Barlaam is a 10th-century Georgian…
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. Bezge is situated 5 km northeast of Kessab.
Yayladağı
Town
Yayladağı, formerly Ordu, is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Yayladağı is situated 7 km east of Kessab.
Kessab
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Latitude
35.92708° or 35° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
35.98895° or 35° 59′ 20″ east
Open location code
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Kessab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كسب”
- Armenian: “Քեսաբ”
- Basque: “Kesab”
- 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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include جامع كسب and Holy Trinity Armenian Evangelical Church.
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