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]

Map of the Golan Heights as of 1989, illustrating the location of Quneitra and the surrounding area.

Skyline of Quneitra, 1929

Yom Kippur War

Golan Heights campaign during Yom Kippur War

Destroyed building in Quneitra

The entrance to the city

Quneitra hospital. The sign reads: "Golan Hospital. Destructed by Zionists and changed it to firing target!" [sic]

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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Quneitra ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة
View of the destroyed city
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 526: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Syria Golan" does not exist.
Coordinates: 33°07′N 35°49′E / 33.117°N 35.817°E / 33.117; 35.817
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]	1,010 m (3,313 ft)
Population (2004 census^[2])
• 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