Latakia

Summary

Latakia is a city^[1]. Latakia ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Latakia is located in Lattakia Subdistrict^[3].
• Latakia is in the country of Syria^[4].
• Latakia's image is recorded as Latakia Collage.jpg^[5].
• Latakia's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Latakia's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Latakia's instance of is recorded as populated place in Syria^[8].
• Latakia's coat of arms image is recorded as Latakia - Seal.jpg^[9].
• Latakia's seal image is recorded as Latakia - Seal.jpg^[10].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sousse^[11].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mersin^[12].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Constanța^[13].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rimini^[14].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aden^[15].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Corfu^[16].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Genoa^[17].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Famagusta^[18].
• Latakia's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gazimağusa Municipality^[19].
• Latakia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135413368^[20].
• Latakia's GND ID is recorded as 4270543-5^[21].
• Latakia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81099142^[22].
• Latakia's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 165737348^[23].
• Latakia's IdRef ID is recorded as 163703523^[24].
• Latakia's Commons category is recorded as Latakia^[25].
• Latakia's local dialing code is recorded as 041^[26].
• Latakia's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.52, 'lon': 35.778055555555554}^[27].

Body

Geography

Latakia is in the country of Syria^[4]. Latakia is located in Lattakia Subdistrict^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Latakia's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+58'}^[28]. Latakia's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+700000'}^[30] and {'amount': '+709000'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and populated place in Syria^[8].

Why It Matters

Latakia ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).^[2] Latakia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Latakia is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]