As Safsafah: facts

At a glance

• Country: Syria
• Region: Tartus
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 34.7348° N, 36.0532° E
• Time zone: Asia/Damascus (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Pound (SYP)
• Distance to the capital, Damascus: 138 km (86 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Latakia International Airport (LTK): 75 km (46 mi), straight line
• Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY, Lebanon): 114 km (71 mi), straight line
• Damascus International Airport (DAM): 153 km (95 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Al Karimah: 7.6 km (4.7 mi)
• Khirbat al Ma`azzah: 9.1 km (5.7 mi)
• Al Hamidiyah: 9.6 km (5.9 mi)
• As Sisniyah: 9.7 km (6.0 mi)
• Ra's al Khashufah: 10 km (6 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Tartus, 23 km (14 mi)