Jawbat Burghal (Arabic: جوبة برغال) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located east of Latakia in an-Nusayriyah Mountains. Nearby localities include Qardaha, al-Fakhurah, Istamo and Shatha. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jawbat Burghal had a population of 959 in the 2004 census.[1]
Jawbat Burghal
جوبة برغال | |
|---|---|
  Jawbat Burghal | |
| Coordinates: 35°29′19″N 36°10′36″E / 35.48861°N 36.17667°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| District | Qardaha |
| Subdistrict | Jawbat Burghal |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 959 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Due to its location on the An-Nusayriyah Mountains, the Jawbat Burghal area is home to Syria's cedar, juniper, pine trees. Around Jawbat Burghal there are many hiking trails on the western part of the range where these trees thrive. Roughly 300 hectares of land ( around Jawat Burghal have C.Libani interspersed with other conifers, oaks. Conservation of these forests is highly threatened due the massive unrest caused by the Syrian civil war and climate change induced forest fires. Though it must noted that cedar saplings from this region are to highly resilient and have helped in reforesting many former cedar stands located in Lebabnon. The region falls under the natural distribution of cedar forests in that region from southern Anatolia till the Homs gap and beyond into Lebanon & the Palestine frontier.[2][3][4][5]
The town was the birthplace Syrian Salman al-Murshid. The founder of the (Fada'i), who fought against the feudal lords and their tyranny in various parts of the Syrian coast.
References
edit- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-13 at archive.today
- ^ Ibrahem, Abeer; Koubaily, Emad; Thabeet, Ali (June 2020). "Assessment of suitable habitat of the natural regeneration C. Libani A. Richard in Slenfeh (Syria)".
- ^ "Unasylva - Vol. 2, No. 2 - Forest conditions in Syria and Lebanon". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ "Wildfire rages for 2nd day in Lebanon, spreads to Syria". PBS News. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ "Random loggers turn Syria's oak tree forests to charcoal". Raseef22. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2024-08-12.