Latakia

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city port city

Latakia is a major port city on Syria's Mediterranean coast and an important economic and cultural center for the country.

Aliases (2)
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city →
port city →
callingCode +963 →
climate Mediterranean climate →
connectedBy M1 highway →
railway network of Syria →
country Syria →
foundedBy Seleucid Empire →
governingBody Latakia →
surface form: "Latakia City Council"
governorateCapitalOf Latakia Governorate →
hasAirport Bassel Al-Assad International Airport →
hasApproximatePopulation over 300000 inhabitants →
hasCulturalEvent Al-Mahabba Festival →
hasCulturalInstitution Latakia National Museum →
hasEconomicSector agro-industry →
tourism →
hasHarborFunction cargo shipping →
passenger transport →
hasMinorityReligion Alawites →
surface form: "Alawite Islam"

Christianity →
hasPort Port of Latakia →
hasUniversity Tishreen University →
historicalName Laodicea in Syria →
surface form: "Laodicea ad Mare"
isCapitalOf Latakia Governorate →
languageMajority Arabic →
locatedIn Latakia Governorate →
locatedInRegion western Syria →
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea →
locatedOnBodyOfWater Latakia Bay →
locatedOnCoastOf Mediterranean Sea →
namedAfter Laodice of Macedonia →
nearbyAncientSite Ugarit →
officialLanguage Arabic →
partOf Levant region →
surface form: "Levant"
portType seaport →
primaryEconomicActivity commerce →
industry →
maritime trade →
shipping →
regionType coastal city →
religionMajority Islam →
role important cultural center of Syria →
important economic center of Syria →
major port city of Syria →
strategicImportance main maritime gateway of Syria →
timeZone Eastern European Time →
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time →
usesCurrency Syrian pound →
vehicleRegistrationCode Latakia →
surface form: "Lattakia"
Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latakia → governingBody → Latakia →
this entity surface form: "Latakia City Council"
Syria → hasCity → Latakia →
Ugarit → modernNearbyCity → Latakia →
this entity surface form: "Lattakia"
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