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)Kurdish: Xanike, 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 belonging to 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

Al-Hasakah Governorate Capital: Al-Hasakah   Al-Hasakah District Al-Hasakah al-Alwa al-Arishah Bir al-Helou Bureij Sharqi Dashishah Gharbiyah al-Fadghami al-Fakkah Markada Ghabshah al-Ghariri al-Haddadiyah al-Hajiyah al-Hawl Markada Markada Sharqiyah al-Sabaa wa Arbain al-Saadah Safia al-Shaddadeh al-Shaykh Hamad Sumayhan Gharbi Tell Brak Tell Majdal Tell Tamer Tell Safouk Tell Tawil Gharbi al-Tweinah 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-Yaarubiyah   Ras al-Ayn District Ras al-Ayn Abu Rasin al-Darbasiyah al-Lid Dirbasiyah Mabrouka al-Manajir Tell Halaf Tell Sinan Sharqi Umm al-Dibs Dirbasiyah