Salib al-Turkman

Salib al-Turkman (Turkish: Sılayip Türkmen,[1] Arabic: صليب تركمان, romanized: Sīlāyīp Tūrkman or Arabic: صليب التركمان, romanized: Sālīb al-Turkman) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia.

Nearby localities include Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the south, Ayn al-Bayda, al-Bahluliyah and al-Shabatliyah to the east.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Salib al-Turkman had a population of 3,466 in the 2004 census.

[2] Its inhabitants are predominantly Turkish-speaking Syrian Turkmen who are Sunni Muslim.

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