Quneitra Governorate
Also known as Quneitra, Syria
governorate of Syria
Key facts
- Country
- Syria
- Control
- Israel , Syria
- Capital
- Quneitra ( de jure ), Madinat al-Salam ( de facto )
- Governor
- Ghassan Elias al-Sayyed Ahmad
- Total
- 1,200 km (460 sq mi)
- Density
- 88/km (230/sq mi)
- Israeli occupied golan heights
- UTC+2 ( IST )
- Summer dst
- UTC+3 ( IDT )
- Rest of the quneitra governorate
- UTC+3 ( AST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SY-QU
- Main language s
- Arabic
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
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Quneitra Governorate is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, and is notable for officially including the Israel-occupied Golan Heights, which make up the majority of its area. The governorate borders the countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Israel, and the Syrian governorates of Daraa and Rif Dimashq. Its area varies, according to different sources, from 685 km to 1,861 km. The governorate had a population of 87,000 at the 2010 estimate. The nominal capital is the now abandoned city of Quneitra, destroyed by Israel before their withdrawal in June 1974 in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War; since 1986, the de facto capital is Madinat al-Salam.
During the Syrian Civil War, most of the portions of the governorate that are not held by Israel were taken by various opposition and jihadist forces. In the summer of 2018, the rebel-held areas in the governorate were retaken by the Syrian government.