 It is situated just east of the Mediterranean coast and its ruined castle stands on a plateau roughly above sea level and just above the town.According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qadmus had a population of 5,551 in the 2004 census.It is the administrative center of the al-Qadmus "nahiyah" ("sub-district") which contained 25 localities with a collective population of 22,370 in 2004.