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Latakia Govrenorate
(
Arabic
:
??????? ????????
) is ane o the fowerteen govrenorates (provinces) o
Sirie
. It is situatit in wastren Sirie, borderin the
Turkis
province o
Hatay
. Its reportit aurie varies in different sources frae 2,297 km²
[1]
tae 2,437 km²
[2]
. The govrenorate haes a population o 943,000 (2007 estimate) . The caipital is
Latakia
.
The govrenorate is dividit intae 4
destricts
(
manatiq
):
These are further dividit intae ? sub-destricts (
nawahi
).
Latakia is traversed (twice) bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.