Burj Islam
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ahmadac, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 5,650 residents
- Description: village in Syria
- Also known as: “Borj Islâm” and “Burj Islām”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mashqita.
Mashqita
Village
Mashqita is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Bayda, Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the west, al-Bahluliyah to the east and Mushayrafet al-Samouk to the southwest. Mashqita is situated 9 km east of Burj Islam.
Burj Islam
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Latakia Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.67425° or 35° 40′ 27″ northLongitude
35.80324° or 35° 48′ 12″ eastPopulation
5,650Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
8G7QMRF3+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 572533517OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
171147Wikidata ID
Q4998886
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Burj Islam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج إسلام”
- Croatian: “Burdž Islam”
- Dutch: “Burj Islam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج اسلام”
- French: “Bourj Islam”
- French: “Burdj Islam”
- German: “Burdsch Islam”
- Hebrew: “בורג‘ אסלאם”
- Hebrew: “ברג׳ אסלאם”
- Japanese: “ブルジ・イスラム”
- Korean: “부르즈이슬람”
- Persian: “برج اسلام”
- Polish: “Burdż Islam”
- Russian: “Бурдж-Ислам”
- Scots: “Burj Islam”
- Turkish: “Buruç İslam” (historical)
- Uzbek: “Burj Islom”
- Vietnamese: “Burj Islam”
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