Safita | |
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 Skyline of Safita | |
  Safita Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°49′N 36°07′E / 34.817°N 36.117°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Tartus |
| District | Safita |
| Subdistrict | Safita |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 20,301 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | 43 |
| City Qrya Pcode | C5472 |
Safita (Arabic: صَافِيتَا Ṣāfītā; Phoenician: 𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤄, Sōpūte) is a city in the Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located to the southeast of Tartous and to the northwest of Krak des Chevaliers. It is situated on the tops of three hills and the valleys between them, in the Syrian Coastal Mountain Range. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Safita had a population of 20,301 in the 2004 census.[1]
- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2017-10-20.