Al-Khalidiyah, al-Hasakah Governorate

Al-Khalidiyah
الخالدية
Khanik
Village
Al-Khalidiyah
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
Nahiyah Al-Malikiyah
Time zone EET (UTC+3)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+2)

Al-Khalidiyah (Arabic: الخالدية, Syriac: ܚܢܝܟ Khanik, Kurdish: Xanike), also known as Khanik (خانيك), is a village in the al-Hasakah Governorate in Northeastern Syria. The village 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]

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