Bashraghi
Village in Latakia, Syria
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Bashraghi (Arabic: بشراغي) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Bashraghi had a population of 657 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Alawites and it is the historic home of the Bashaghira (also Bechargas) tribe, a faction of the Matawira confederation which took a leading part in the Alawite Revolt against French rule in 1920.[2][3]
Bashraghi
بشراغي | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Bashraghi Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°17′53″N 36°5′59″E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| District | Jableh |
| Subdistrict | Al-Qutailibiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 657 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |