Basatin al-Assad

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| native_name = بساتين الأسد

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| subdivision_name1 = Tartus

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| subdivision_name2 = Baniyas

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Basatin al-Assad ({{Langx|ar|بساتين الأسد}}) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located north of Tartus. Nearby localities include Baniyas to the north, Kharibeh to the southeast and al-Bayda to the south. It is situated just east of the Mediterranean coast.

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Basatin al-Assad had a population of 3,288 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-8-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112123732/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB10-8-2004.htm |date=2013-01-12 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Tartus Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} The inhabitants of Basatin al-Assad, as well as Baniyas city, al-Bayda and Marqab, are predominantly Sunni Muslims, in contrast to much of the area which is largely inhabited by members of the Alawite community.Holliday, Joseph. [http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/AssadRegime-web.pdf The Assad Regime: From Counterinsurgency to Civil War]. Middle East Security Report 8. Institute for the Study of War. March 2013.