Please answer the following question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Al-Shir - Al-Shir (Arabic: ) is a town in northwestern Syria administratively part of the Latakia Governorate located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Baksa and Sqoubin to the north Fideo to the east and Hanadi al-Bassah and Bustan al-Basha to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics al-Shir had a population of 2129 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.
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Village