| Ras Nhash | |
| Native Name: | راس نحاش |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Batroun |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.83 |
| Elevation M: | 300 |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 34.2828°N 35.715°W |
Ras Nhash (ar|راس نحاش|Rās Nḥash; also spelled Ras Nahache or Ras Nahhach) is a town and municipality located in the Batroun District of the North Governorate in Lebanon. It is about 65km (40miles) north of Beirut.[1] It has an average elevation of 300m (1,000feet) above sea level and a total land area of 383 hectares.[1] It is located immediately north of the Chekka cape. Ras Nhash's inhabitants are Sunni Muslims.[2]
The Ottomans, who ruled the area of modern Lebanon from 1517 until 1918, settled Sunni Muslim Kurds at Ras Nhash and other villages in the wider Koura area south of Tripoli in 1588 to protect its coast from European naval incursions.[3] The best known Kurdish emir of Ras Nhash was a certain Musa, who was the closest local ally of Yusuf Sayfa, the on–and–off governor of Tripoli in 1579–1625.[4]