Khanik

Khanik ܚܢܝܟ خانيك
Khanik
Coordinates: 37°4′26″N 42°22′13″E / 37.07389°N 42.37028°E / 37.07389; 42.37028Coordinates: 37°4′26″N 42°22′13″E / 37.07389°N 42.37028°E / 37.07389; 42.37028
Country	Syria
Governorate	Al-Hasakah Governorate
District	Al-Malikiyah District
Time zone	EET (UTC+3)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+2)

Khanik (Syriac: ܚܢܝܟ, Arabic: خانيك‎), also known as Al-Khalidiya (الخالدية), is a town in the Hasakah Governorate in North-eastern Syria. The town lies on the Tigris Khabur opposite to the Iraqi village of Faysh Khabur. Just 3 km to the south of the tripoint of Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The village is also famous as the easternmost settlement of Syria. Khanik is inhabited by Assyrians who are split between the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. A number of Armenians also live in the village.^[1]

See also

• Faysh Khabur

References

v t e Al-Hasakah Governorate Capital: Al-Hasakah   Al-Hasakah District Al-Hasakah • al-Alwah • al-Arishah • Bir al-Helu • Bureij Sharqi • Dashishah Gharbiyah • al-Fadghami • al-Fakkah Markadah • Ghabshah • al-Ghariri • al-Haddadiyah • al-Hajiyah • al-Hawl • Markadah • Markadah Sharqiyah • al-Sabaa wa Arbain • al-Saadah • Safia • al-Shaddadeh • al-Shaykh Hamad • Sumayhan Gharbi • Tell Majdal • Tell Tamer • Tell Safuk • Tell Tawil Gharbi • al-Tuwaynah • Umm Madfaa   Al-Qamishli District Al-Qamishli • Amuda • Jimaayah • al-Manathirah • al-Qahtaniyah • al-Tannuriyah • Tell Hamis • Tell Maaruf • Umm al-Fursan   Al-Malikiyah District Al-Malikiyah • al-Jawadiyah • Khanik • al-Maabadah • Maashuq • Qasrok • Sabaa Jafar • Suwaydiyah Fawqani • al-Tabaqah • Tell Adas • al-Yarubiyah   Ras al-Ayn District Ras al-Ayn • Abu Rasin • al-Darbasiyah • al-Lid Dirbasiyah • Mabrukah • al-Manajir • Tell Halaf • Tell Sinan Sharqi • Umm al-Dibs Dirbasiyah