Burj Islam

Burj Islam (Arabic: برج اسلام) 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.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 5,652 in the 2004 census.

[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims from Turkmen ethnicity.

[2] The village is a popular summer resort with a white rock beach.