Kassab (Arabic كسب) a Syrian border town located in Latakia Governorate (Muhafazat al Ladhiqiyah) north west of the country. Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...

Administratively Kassab belongs to Mantiqat al Ladhiqiyah (Arabic for Latakia district), one of the governorate 4 Manatiq, the town has about 3,500 inhabitants. A governorate is a subnational entity. ...

Being at 800 above sea level in the middle of a dense coniferous Mediterranean forest, makes it a popular summer destination. Kassab is 65 kilometres far from Latakia the district and governorate capital, 3 kilometres from the Turkish border, and 17 kilometres from the Mediterranean sea. For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Orders & Families Cordaitales † Pinales   Pinaceae - Pine family   Araucariaceae - Araucaria family   Podocarpaceae - Yellow-wood family   Sciadopityaceae - Umbrella-pine family   Cupressaceae - Cypress family   Cephalotaxaceae - Plum-yew family   Taxaceae - Yew family Vojnovskyales † Voltziales † The conifers, division Pinophyta, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Roundabout in Latakia Latakia (Arabic: اللاذقية Al-Ladhiqiyah, Greek:Λαοδικεία) is the principal port city of Syria. ...