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'''Bustan al-Basha''' ({{lang-ar|<big>بستان الباشا</big>}}, also spelled '''Bistan al-Basha'''; translation: "the Governor's Garden") is a village located along the [[Mediterranean sea|Mediterranean]] coastline in northern [[Syria]], part of the [[Latakia Governorate]]. It is situated southeast of [[Latakia]] and west of [[Qardaha]]. In the 2004 census Bustan al-Basha had a population of 1,603.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-8-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{ar icon}}</ref> Most of its inhabitants are [[Alawite]]s and the village is home to the [[Rami Makhlouf|Makhlouf family]] who are related to the [[Assad family]]. According to [[Patrick Seale]], Bustan al-Basha's residents were mostly aligned with [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]] in the mid-20th-century.<ref name="Seale49">Seale, 1990, p.49.</ref>
'''Bustan al-Basha''' ({{lang-ar|<big>بستان الباشا</big>}}, also spelled '''Bistan al-Basha'''; translation: "the Governor's Garden") is a village located along the [[Mediterranean sea|Mediterranean]] coastline in northern [[Syria]], part of the [[Latakia Governorate]]. It is situated southeast of [[Latakia]] and west of [[Qardaha]]. In the 2004 census Bustan al-Basha had a population of 1,603.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-8-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130112184653/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-8-2004.htm |date=2013-01-12 }}. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{ar icon}}</ref> Most of its inhabitants are [[Alawite]]s and the village is home to the [[Rami Makhlouf|Makhlouf family]] who are related to the [[Assad family]]. According to [[Patrick Seale]], Bustan al-Basha's residents were mostly aligned with [[Syrian Social Nationalist Party]] in the mid-20th-century.<ref name="Seale49">Seale, 1990, p.49.</ref>


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Bustan al-Basha
بستان الباشا
Village
Bustan al-Basha is located in Syria
Bustan al-Basha
Bustan al-Basha
Coordinates: 35°25′N 35°56′E / 35.417°N 35.933°E / 35.417; 35.933
Country Syria
GovernorateLatakia Governorate
DistrictJableh District
NahiyahJableh
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total1,603
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Bustan al-Basha (Arabic: بستان الباشا, also spelled Bistan al-Basha; translation: "the Governor's Garden") is a village located along the Mediterranean coastline in northern Syria, part of the Latakia Governorate. It is situated southeast of Latakia and west of Qardaha. In the 2004 census Bustan al-Basha had a population of 1,603.[1] Most of its inhabitants are Alawites and the village is home to the Makhlouf family who are related to the Assad family. According to Patrick Seale, Bustan al-Basha's residents were mostly aligned with Syrian Social Nationalist Party in the mid-20th-century.[2]

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Bibliography

  • Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad of Syria: The Struggle For the Middle East. University of California Press. ISBN 0520069765.