Kirsana
Village in Latakia Governorate, Syria
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Kirsana (Arabic: كرسانا) is a town in northwestern Syria. Kirsana is administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the north, Burj al-Qasab to the southwest and Sitmarkho to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kirsana had a population of 5,499 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
