Sqoubin
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|official_name = Sqoubin
|other_name = Saqubin
|native_name = سقوبين
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} Syria
|subdivision_type1 = Governorate
|subdivision_name1 = Latakia Governorate
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Latakia District
|subdivision_type3 = Nahiyah
|subdivision_name3 = Latakia
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|population_as_of = 2004 census
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|population_total = 6379
|timezone = EET
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Sqoubin ({{langx|ar|سقوبين}}, also spelled Saqubin) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Baksa and al-Qanjarah to the north, Sitmarkho to the northeast, Burj al-Qasab to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Sqoubin had a population of 6,379 in the 2004 census.[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032446/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-1-2004.htm |date=2013-03-17 }}. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}}