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Ras al-Khashufah

Coordinates: 34°49′34″N 36°3′32″E / 34.82611°N 36.05889°E / 34.82611; 36.05889
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Ras al-Khashufah
رأس الخشوفة
Ras al-Khashufah is located in Syria
Ras al-Khashufah
Ras al-Khashufah
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°49′34″N 36°3′32″E / 34.82611°N 36.05889°E / 34.82611; 36.05889
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictSafita
SubdistrictRas al-Khashufah
Population
 (2004)
 • Total5,499

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]

References

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  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Balanche, Fabrice (2006). La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien (PDF) (in French). Karthala Editions. ISBN 2845868189.