Al-Qahtaniyah, Al-Raqqah Governorate
This article is about the village in Al-Raqqah Governorate in Syria. For other towns with the same name, see Al-Qahtaniyah.
| Al-Qahtaniya القحطانية | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Al-Qahtaniya Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°59′37″N 38°55′52″E / 35.99361°N 38.93111°E | |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate | Al-Raqqah Governorate |
| District | Al-Raqqah District |
| Nahiyah | Al-Raqqah |
| Occupation |
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,490 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+3) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+2) |
Al-Qahtaniya (Arabic: القحطانية) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of al-Raqqah Governorate, located just northwest of al-Raqqah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qahtaniya had a population of 2,490 in the 2004 census.[1]
On 26 December 2012, during the Syrian civil war, Syrian opposition activists reported that 20 people, among them children, were killed in the village of al-Qahtaniyah by Syrian army tank shells.[2]
References
- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (Arabic)
- ↑ "Syria children 'killed' in Raqqa tank attack - Middle East". Al Jazeera English. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
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