Quneitra

Quneitra

ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة
Quneitra ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة
	View of the destroyed city
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	Coordinates: 33°07′N 35°49′E / 33.117°N 35.817°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Quneitra
District	Quneitra
Subdistrict	Quneitra
Region	Golan Heights
Settled	around 1000 CE
Resettled	1873
Destroyed	1974
Government
• Governor	Ahmad Sheikh Abdul-Qader
Elevation	1,010 m (3,313 ft)
Population (2004 census)
• City	153
• Metro	4,318
Demonym(s)	Arabic: قنيطراوي, Qunayṭrawi or Qunayṭirawi
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	43
Website	eQunaytra

Quneitra (also Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra; Arabic: ٱلْقُنَيْطِرَة or ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة, al-Qunayṭrah or al-Qunayṭirah ararar) is the abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria.

Political status

Quneitra is the capital of the Quneitra Governorate, a district of southwestern Syria that incorporates the whole of the Golan Heights. The city of Quneitra is within the portion of the Golan Heights controlled by Syria. Madinat al-Baath (Baath City) became the new capital.^[3]

Yom Kippur War

Syrian Civil War

Related pages

Quneitra Crossing
Shebaa Farms
Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict
1974 Kuneitra Cup

References

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↑ Quneitra city population Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Al-Khalidi, Suleiman (20 November 2014). "Syrian insurgents attack government-held town near Israel". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

Other websites

Satellite view of Quneitra (Google Maps)

Template:Cities of Syria Template:Quneitra Governorate33°07′32″N 35°49′26″E / 33.12556°N 35.82389°E / 33.12556; 35.82389

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[2] Quneitra city population Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine

[reuters20141120-3] Al-Khalidi, Suleiman (20 November 2014). "Syrian insurgents attack government-held town near Israel". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

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