Qastal Ma'af

{{Short description|Town in northwestern Syria}}

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|native_name = قسطل معاف

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|subdivision_name1 = Latakia

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Qastal Ma'af ({{langx|ar|قسطل معاف}}) is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Latakia Governorate, located in the mountains north of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kesab to the north, Mashqita and Ayn al-Bayda to the south and Rabia to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qastal Ma'af had a population of 585 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the Qastal Ma'af nahiyah ("subdistrict"), which consisted of 19 localities with a collective population of 16,784 in 2004.[https://archive.today/20130112150815/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB06-5-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. {{in lang|ar}} The inhabitants of the town are predominantly Turkmen Sunni Muslim,{{cite book|first=Fabrice|last=Balanche|title=La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien|url=http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/06/30/97/PDF/Les_Alaouites_l_espace_et_le_pouvoir.pdf|publisher=Karthala Editions|year=2006|isbn=2845868189|language=French|author-link=Fabrice Balanche}} and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages and subdistrict are predominantly Alawites.Smith, 1841, p. 180.