Baashtar

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. Its inhabitants are Christians. It became part of the al-Sawda municipality in 1970 and is represented by one seat in its council. 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.