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Quneitra Governorate

مُحافظة القنيطرة
Governorate
Map of Syria with Quneitra Governorate highlighted Syrian held areas are red, a large portion of the governorate is in the UNDOF buffer zone (hatched pink) and Israeli occupied Golan Heights (hatched).
Map of Syria with Quneitra Governorate highlighted
Syrian held areas are red, a large portion of the governorate is in the UNDOF buffer zone (hatched pink) and Israeli occupied Golan Heights (hatched).
Country  Syria
Capital Quneitra
Area
 • Total 1,200 km2 (500 sq mi)
  Estimates range between 685 km² and 1,861 km²
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 90,000
 • Density 75/km2 (194/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code SY-QU
Main language(s) Arabic

Quneitra Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة القنيطرة Muḥāfaẓat Al-Qunayṭrah) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. Its capital is Quneitra.

Images for kids

  • Qunaitra

    View of the destroyed city

  • Demographic map of the Golan Heights - Before 1967 - Legend

    Demographic map of Quneintra Governorate (Golan Heights) before the 1967 six day war

  • Demographic map of the Golan Heights - Legend

    Demographic map of Quneintra Governorate (Golan Heights) today (excludes any permanent depopulation or repopulation that might have happened during the Syrian civil war

  • Demographic map of the Golan Heights and Syrian localities depopulated during and after the 1967 War - Legend

    Demographic map of Quneintra Governorate (Golan Heights) overlaid with the location of the depopulated Syrian localities because of the Israeli occupation

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Gobernación de Quneitra para niños

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