Talk:Latakia

message: "Latakia was historically a Sunni city, however the Alawatization process under Hafez al Asaad led to many Alawites moving from the rural hinterland into the city." Sounds like a serious charge/statement against a polital opponent should at least have a good source for that? Presuming the claim is undisputed. 83.84.100.133 (talk) 18:22, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced statement about Alawization by Hafez al Asaad 

message: Could we have some help here how to pronounce Latakia in English -- the city and the tobacco (if different)?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.237.249.175 (talk) 12:57, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation?

message: Do we really need two photos of the arch right next to each other?  Maybe some of the photos could moved down to a gallery section... AnonMoos 13:58, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: *  - Expand "Etymology" section.
*Expand the "Ancient settlement and founding" and "Modern era" sections by just a passage more of info. They're all satisfactory right now, but a little more info would be even more helpful.
* - Start a Geography section with info about what Latakia is situated on and its immediate surroundings. 
*Latakia doesn't have an "Old City", but something on the city center, subdivisions, etc. should be mentioned in a subsection.
*  - Start a Climate subsection with a table, as standard.
*  - Start a "Sports" subsection.
*Start a "Museums" subsection.
*Slightly expand "Economy" section.
*Find the recent-most population of Latakia. (Lonely Planet says 354,000 in 2008, but this is pretty much the same as the 1994 estimate. We got 402,000 from 2002.)
*Start a section on the local government.
*Mention the current mayor of the city.
*If there is any other cultural aspect of the city worthy of note, it should be mentioned in the article.
*Create an informative, but concise lead. 
--Al Ameer son (talk) 04:43, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  To-do list 

message: The Seleucid dynasty of Macedonian-Greek rulers had four "dynastic" names which they used to name almost all the cities which they founded or re-founded or significantly changed the institutions of: Antiokheia (Antioch), Seleuceia, Laodicea, and Apamea (even Jerusalem was called "Antioch" by some for a time).  Not sure there's too much more to say... AnonMoos (talk) 08:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Etymology

message: I haven't seen any sources list the population in the 500,000s.  This book lists a population of 400,000, as does this one. Lonely Planet says 354,000 Which one are we using for the current population? --Al Ameer son (talk) 01:26, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: it's under attack going on right now. --Ujaj35 (talk) 15:38, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  news 

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message: "Latakia is the home of Russia's largest foreign electronic eavesdropping facility". What's the name of this base? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:33, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian spy facility 

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replies: text: It's a shame this article had to be slaughtered. I'm going to begin reinstating information that was deleted as a result of the copy-vio in line with our copyright guidelines. Please verify as needed. --Al Ameer (talk) 20:45, 17 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible copyright problem 

message: What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content! Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 16:52, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Timeline of Latakia]] 

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