Syria
Bani Qahtan Castle ranks #8,345 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #36 of the 38 mapped in Syria. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Latakia, 27 km away. It is one of the 105 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Levant. See how Syria compares in the castle statistics.
Bani Qahtan castle (Arabic: قلعة بني قحطان) is found in the Syrian Coastal Mountains, about 40 km from Latakia city.
The Bani Qahtan Castle also refers to the small village surrounding the castle. It is administratively part of the Ayn al-Sharqiyah subdistrict of the Jableh District of Latakia Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 347 in the 2004 census.
Text adapted from “Bani Qahtan Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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