Quneitra
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Quneitra is a largely destroyed and abandoned city in the Golan Heights that has become a symbol of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Syrian-Israeli tensions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quneitra (destroyed city) | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
former populated place ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Quneitra Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Six-Day War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy | Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 33.125°N 35.823°E ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| countryBorder | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse |
military zone
ⓘ
political and war memorial site ⓘ |
| deFactoControl | Syrian Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | ruined city ⓘ |
| developedAs | market town ⓘ |
| distanceTo | about 60 km southwest of Damascus ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 940 metres ⓘ |
| event |
Israeli withdrawal under 1974 Disengagement Agreement
ⓘ
captured by Israel in June 1967 ⓘ extensive destruction prior to Israeli withdrawal ⓘ recaptured by Syria briefly in October 1973 ⓘ returned to Syrian control in 1974 ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Ottoman era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governorateCapitalMovedTo | Madinat al-Baath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCrossingPoint | Quneitra Crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSite |
destroyed church
ⓘ
destroyed hospital ⓘ destroyed mosque ⓘ ruined residential quarters ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Quneitra Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Syrian–Israeli ceasefire line
ⓘ
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Damascus–Quneitra–Qiryat Shemona road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Golan Heights plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityPopulationBefore1967 | Syrian Arabs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | United Nations Disengagement Observer Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Khan Arnabah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madinat al-Baath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | disputed territory of Golan Heights ⓘ |
| populationBeforeDestruction | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| QuneitraCrossingUsedFor |
UN personnel movement
ⓘ
export of Golan Druze apples to Syria ⓘ limited Druze crossings ⓘ |
| religionBefore1967 | predominantly Sunni Muslim ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Madinat al-Baath as administrative center ⓘ |
| significance |
symbol of Syrian–Israeli tensions
ⓘ
symbol of destruction of war ⓘ symbol of the Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ |
| status |
largely abandoned
ⓘ
largely destroyed ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Syria
subject surface form:
Southern Syria
this entity surface form:
Quneitra (destroyed city)