Siyannu (Arabic: سيانو) is a Syrian village in Jableh District in Latakia Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Siyannu had a population of 4,784 in the 2004 census.[1]
Siyannu
سيانو | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Siyannu Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°21′55″N 36°0′10″E / 35.36528°N 36.00278°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| District | Jableh District |
| Subdistrict | Jableh |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 4,784 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3582 |
History
editSiyannu, which was also known as Ušnatu,[2] was part of Ugarit, before having its independence and becoming a border region with Amrit during the reign of the Hittite King Muršili II.[3] Siyannu/Shianu,[4] led by King Adunu Baal, took part in the Battle of Qarqar against the invading Assyrians.[5]
Nahr as-Sinn was also called "Siyannu" which marked the southern borders of Ugarit.[6]
References
edit- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2019-10-27.
- ^ Wilfred G. E. Watson; Nicolas Wyatt (1999). Handbook of Ugaritic Studies. Brill. p. 662. ISBN 9789004109889.
- ^ Trevor Bryce (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. Taylor & Francis. p. 658. ISBN 9780415394857.
- ^ Lester L. Grabbe (2007). Ahab Agonistes: The Rise and Fall of the Omri Dynasty. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 28. ISBN 9780567251718.
- ^ ""سيانو".. المملكة التي يعود نسل أهلها إلى سابع أبناء كنعان". esyria.sy (in Arabic). 4 October 2009.
- ^ The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra. Eisenbrauns. 2006. p. 9. ISBN 9781575060293.