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[[Image:KessabTraditionalHouse.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Traditional Armenian house in Kasab, Syria]]
'''Kasab''' ([[Arabic]]: '''كسب''', [[Armenian language|Armenian]]: '''Քեսապ''') a [[Syria]]n border town located in [[Latakia Governorate]] (Muhafazat al Ladhiqiyah) north west of the country.
Administratively, Kasab belongs to [[Latakia District]] (Arabic for Latakia district); one of the [[Latakia governorate|governorate]]'s four [[Mantiqah|Manatiq]], the town has about 3,500 inhabitants.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}
Being at 800 meters above [[sea level]] in the middle of a dense [[coniferous]] [[Mediterranean]] forest makes the town a popular summer destination.
Kasab is 65 kilometers from [[Latakia]], 3 kilometers from the [[Turkey|Turkish]] border, and 17 kilometers from the Mediterranean sea.
Kasab is an ancient Armenian town, over 1000 years old.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} The population today is mainly [[Armenians in Syria|Armenian]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Mannheim |first=Ivan |title=Syria and Lebanon Handbook: The Travel Guide |year=2001 |publisher=Footprint Travel Guides |isbn=1900949903 |pages=p. 299}}</ref> and [[Alawite]] Arab.
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