Official Name: | Ras al-Khashufah |
Native Name: | رأس الخشوفة |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartus |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Safita |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | Ras al-Khashufah |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Total: | 5,499 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 34.8261°N 36.0589°W |
Ras al-Khashufah (Arabic: رأس الخشوفة) is a small town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. It is located between Safita and Tartus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ras al-Khashufah had a population of 5,499 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Ras al-Khashufaf Subdistrict (nahiyah) which consisted of 16 localities with a collective population of 21,586.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]