en Ras al-Khashufah

Ras al-Khashufah

رأس الخشوفة
Ras al-Khashufah رأس الخشوفة
Town
	Ras al-Khashufah Location in Syria
	Coordinates: 34°49′34″N 36°3′32″E / 34.82611°N 36.05889°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Tartus
District	Safita
Subdistrict	Ras al-Khashufah
Population (2004)
• Total	5,499

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

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

This article about a location in Tartus Governorate, Syria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[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.

[1]

[2]