Official Name: | Beit Yashout |
Native Name: | بَيْت يَاشُوط |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Latakia |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jableh |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Beit Yashout |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 census |
Population Total: | 6,115 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 35.3169°N 36.1303°W |
Elevation M: | 500 |
Beit Yashout (ar|بَيْت يَاشُوط|Bayt Yāshūṭ) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District of the Latakia Governorate, and located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Ayn al-Sharqiyah to the west and Daliyah to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Yashout had a population of 6,115 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is located in the An-Nusayriyah Mountains at an elevation of around 500 m (1,700 ft).
Beit Yashout is one of the villages inhabited by the Alawite Hadadin tribal confederation, to which former first lady Aniseh Makhluf belonged.[2] Specifically, the village was the traditional home of the Haddadin's Bani Ali clan.[3] Beit Yashout is the hometown of Muhammad al-Khuli, a prominent military official in Baathist governments in the 1960s and throughout former president Hafez al-Assad's time in office (1970–2000).[4]