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    Default 21-Aug-2012 12:48 PM
    Where in Syria do the alawis live? What is their predominent district & cities?
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    Default 21-Aug-2012 12:51 PM
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    Default 21-Aug-2012 12:54 PM
    Traditionally Alawis have lived in the Alawite Mountains along the Mediterranean coast of Syria. Latakia and Tartous are the region's principal cities. Today Alawis are also concentrated in the plains around Hama and Homs. Alawis also live in all major cities of Syria. They have been estimated to constitute about 11–12% of Syria's population—2.1 million people.
    There are four Alawi confederations—Kalbiyah, Khaiyatin, Haddadin, and Matawirah—each divided into tribes. Alawis are concentrated in the Latakia region of Syria, extending north to Antioch (Antakya), Turkey, and in and around Homs and Hama.
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    Default 21-Aug-2012 01:01 PM
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    There are four Alawi confederations—Kalbiyah...
    how appropriate!

    When I was visiting Syria, the area along the coast was my least favourite - at the time didn't realise that it was alawi-central.
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    Default 21-Aug-2012 04:07 PM
    Kalbiyah??
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    Default 21-Aug-2012 05:29 PM
    The Kalbiyah (same name but different tribe I imagine) were also rulers of Southern Italy in the past - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalbids , they were also Shi'a, though not 'Alawi.
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    Default 21-Aug-2012 10:41 PM
    Mainly Tartous and Latakia
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