Sitmarkho ( ar, ستمرخو, also spelled Sitt Markhu) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the

Latakia Governorate Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate, ( ar, مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah'') is one of the 14 governorates of Syria. It is situated in western Syria, bordering Turkey's H ...

, located north of

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. Nearby localities include Kirsana and Mushayrafet al-Samouk to the north,

Burj al-Qasab Burj al-Qasab ( ar, برج القصب) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia close to Ras Ibn Hani. Nearby localities include Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the north, Kirsan ...

and Al-Qanjarah to the west. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Sitmarkho had a population of 2,341 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly

Alawites The Alawis, Alawites ( ar, علوية ''Alawīyah''), or pejoratively Nusayris ( ar, نصيرية ''Nuṣayrīyah'') are an ethnoreligious group that lives primarily in Levant and follows Alawism, a sect of Islam that originated from Shia Isla ...

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{{Latakia Governorate, latakia Populated places in Latakia District Alawite communities in Syria