Kesab

Government

Kasab, (Arabic كسب, DMG Kasab, Armenian Քեսապ ), and Kassab, Kessab; is a Syrian town in the province of Latakia in the northwest of the country with about 3500 inhabitants.

Location

Kasab is located 3 km south of the Turkish border and 17 km from the Mediterranean Sea at 750 meters altitude. The town is surrounded by pine forests and is estimated as a summer resort.

History

The population is mainly Armenian for over a thousand years. In addition, there Alawite live.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Karekin Sarkissian (1932-1999), Supreme Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
  • Vartan Kechichian ( born 1933), emeritus. Armenian Catholic Coadjutor Bishop of Eastern Europe.
DIN 31635 Guberniya Latakia Governorate Armenian language Armenians Karekin I
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