Latakia

Latakia, also spelt Lattakia, is a major port in , with a population of 550,000. Latakia is a city extending back to Ancient Greek times, and continues to be an important commercial port for Syria today.
  • City with about 384,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code LTK
  • …was formerly known as “Laodicea”
  • Description: principal port city of Syria
  • Also known as
    “Al Lādhiqīyah”
    “al-Lāḏikiyya”
    “Al-Laziqiyah”
    “El Lādhaqiyé”
    “El Lādhiqīya”
    “Ladhiqiye”
    “Ladikis”
    “Ladikiya”
    “Laodicée”
    “Laodikeia”
    “Latakiyah”
    “Lattaki”

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Latitude
35.52° or 35° 31′ 12″ north
Longitude
35.7781° or 35° 46′ 41″ east
UN/LOCODE
SY ALD and SY LTK
Open location code
8G7QGQCH+26
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Latakia” goes by many names.
LatakiaAfrikaans
LatakiaAlbanian
ላታቂያAmharic
ΛαοδίκειαAncient Greek (to 1453)
Λαοδίκεια ἡ ΠάραλοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
ῬάμιθαAncient Greek (to 1453)
أمانثاArabic
اللاذقيّةArabic
اللاذقيهArabic
راماثاArabic
راميتاArabic
لاذقيةArabic
مدينة اللاذقيةArabic
ياريموتاArabic
ԼաթակիաArmenian
ԼաոդիկեաArmenian
LatakiaAsturian
Əl-LaziqiyyəAzerbaijani
LaziqiyyəAzerbaijani
LatakiaBasque
ЛатакіяBelarusian
লাটাকিয়াBengali
লাতাকিয়াBengali
LatakijaBosnian
ЛатакияBulgarian
Al-LadhikiyaCatalan
LatàkiaCatalan
LatàquiaCatalan
LatakiaCebuano
لازقیەCentral Kurdish
拉塔基亚Chinese
拉塔基亞Chinese
LatakiaCroatian
LatakijaCroatian
LatákiaCzech
LatákieCzech
LázikíjaCzech
LatakiaDanish
LaodiceaDutch
LatakiaDutch
Latakia (stad)Dutch
LatakyaDutch
Leuke AkteDutch
RamithaDutch
اللاذقيهEgyptian Arabic
LatakiaEsperanto
LatakioEsperanto
LatakiaEstonian
LatakiaFinnish
ლათაკიაGeorgian
ლატაკიაGeorgian
ΛαοδικείαGreek
ΛατάκιαGreek
ΛαττάκειαGreek
લેટાકિયાGujarati
LatakiaHausa
לאד’קיהHebrew
לאטקיהHebrew
לדיקיהHebrew
לדקיהHebrew
לטקיהHebrew
लताकियाHindi
LatakiaHungarian
LatakíaIcelandic
LatakiaIdo
LatakiaIndonesian
LatakiaInterlingue
LatakiaIrish
LaodiceaItalian
LatakiaItalian
LattakiaItalian
ラタキーヤJapanese
ラタキアJapanese
ラタキヤJapanese
LatakiaJavanese
LaḍqeyyaKabyle
LatakiaKalaallisut
ಲಟಾಕಿಯKannada
ಲತಕ್ಯಾKannada
ЛатақияKazakh
Латакия шаарыKirghiz
라타키아Korean
LaziqiyeKurdish
LaodiceaLatin
Laodicea ad MareLatin
LaudiceaLatin
LādikījaLatvian
Latākija (Lādikīja)Latvian
LaodikėjaLithuanian
LatakijaLithuanian
RamitaLithuanian
LatakiaLuxembourgish
ЛатакијаMacedonian
LatakiaMalagasy
LatakiaMalay
लाटकियाMarathi
لاذقیهMazanderani
ლატაკიაMingrelian
ЛатакияMoksha
ЛатакияMongolian
लटाकियाNepali
LatakiaNorwegian
LatakiaNorwegian Bokmål
LatakiyahNorwegian Bokmål
LattakiaNorwegian Bokmål
LatakiaNorwegian Nynorsk
LattakiaNorwegian Nynorsk
LatakiaOromo
ЛатакиOssetian
ਲਾਤਾਕੀਆPanjabi
بندر لاذقیهPersian
لاذقیهPersian
LaodiceaPiemontese
Al-LazikijaPolish
LatakiaPolish
LatakijaPolish
اللاذقيةPushto
LatakiaRomanian
ЛатакияRussian
LatakiaScots
LatakijaSerbian
ЛатакијаSerbian
اللاذقيةSerbian
LaodicejaSerbo-Croatian
LaodikijaSerbo-Croatian
LatakiaSerbo-Croatian
LatakijaSerbo-Croatian
LatakiaSilesian
ලැටාකියාSinhala
LatakijaSlovenian
LatakiaSomali
لاذقیهSouth Azerbaijani
LatakiaSwahili
Al LadhiqiyahSwedish
Al LadhiqiyyaSwedish
Al-LadhaqiyyaSwedish
LadhiqiyahSwedish
Laodicea ad MareSwedish
LaodikeíaSwedish
LatakiaSwedish
LatakiehSwedish
LattakiaSwedish
LattaquiéSwedish
LazkiyeSwedish
ЛатакияTajik
ЛозиқияTajik
LatakijaTalysh
LatakiyaTalysh
லடக்கிஆTamil
லடாகியாTamil
LataqiäTatar
లటాకియాTelugu
ลาทาเกียThai
อัลลาษิกียะฮ์Thai
اللاذقيةTunisian Arabic
LatakiaTurkish
LazkiyeTurkish
لازىقىيەUighur
ЛатакіяUkrainian
اللاذقیہUrdu
لاذقیہUrdu
LatakiyaUzbek
LoziqiyaUzbek
LaodiceaVenetian
LatakiaVietnamese
LatakiaWaray (Philippines)
LatakiaWelsh
LatakiyahWelsh
ԼաթաքիաWestern Armenian
Լաւոդիկէ (historical)Western Armenian
لاذقیہWestern Panjabi
拉塔基亚Wu Chinese
拉塔基亞Yue Chinese

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