Ras al-Khashufah

Ras al-Khashufah (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. Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.