Baashtar

Ba'ashtar
بعشتر
Village
Ba'ashtar is located in Syria
Ba'ashtar
Ba'ashtar
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°57′43″N 35°57′20″E / 34.96194°N 35.95556°E / 34.96194; 35.95556
Country Syria
GovernorateTartus
DistrictTartus
SubdistrictAl-Sawda
Population
2004
 • Total103

Ba'ashtar (Arabic: بعشتر) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ba'ashtar had a population of 103 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Christians. It became part of the al-Sawda municipality in 1970 and is represented by one seat in its council.[2] Its low growth rate, along with that of most other Christian communities in the area is mainly attributed to high emigration and low birth rates.[3]

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 167.
  3. ^ Balanche 2000, p. 253.