Quneitra

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Quneitra is a largely destroyed and abandoned city in the Golan Heights that has become a symbol of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Syrian-Israeli tensions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quneitra canonical 3
Quneitra (destroyed city) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
former populated place ⓘ
capitalOf Quneitra Governorate ⓘ
conflict Six-Day War ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
controlledBy Syria ⓘ
coordinateLocation 33.125°N 35.823°E ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
countryBorder Israel ⓘ
currentUse military zone ⓘ
political and war memorial site ⓘ
deFactoControl Syrian Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to: Syria
describedAs ruined city ⓘ
developedAs market town ⓘ
distanceTo about 60 km southwest of Damascus ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 940 metres ⓘ
event Israeli withdrawal under 1974 Disengagement Agreement ⓘ
captured by Israel in June 1967 ⓘ
extensive destruction prior to Israeli withdrawal ⓘ
recaptured by Syria briefly in October 1973 ⓘ
returned to Syrian control in 1974 ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Ottoman era ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman period
governorateCapitalMovedTo Madinat al-Baath ⓘ
hasCrossingPoint Quneitra Crossing ⓘ
hasSite destroyed church ⓘ
destroyed hospital ⓘ
destroyed mosque ⓘ
ruined residential quarters ⓘ
locatedIn Golan Heights ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Quneitra Governorate ⓘ
locatedNear Syrian–Israeli ceasefire line ⓘ
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Damascus–Quneitra–Qiryat Shemona road ⓘ
Golan Heights plateau ⓘ
linked to: Golan Heights
majorityPopulationBefore1967 Syrian Arabs ⓘ
linked to: Syrian
monitoredBy United Nations Disengagement Observer Force ⓘ
nearbySettlement Khan Arnabah ⓘ
Madinat al-Baath ⓘ
partOf disputed territory of Golan Heights ⓘ
populationBeforeDestruction tens of thousands ⓘ
QuneitraCrossingUsedFor UN personnel movement ⓘ
export of Golan Druze apples to Syria ⓘ
limited Druze crossings ⓘ
religionBefore1967 predominantly Sunni Muslim ⓘ
replacedBy Madinat al-Baath as administrative center ⓘ
significance symbol of Syrian–Israeli tensions ⓘ
symbol of destruction of war ⓘ
symbol of the Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
status largely abandoned ⓘ
largely destroyed ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Syria → includesCity → Quneitra ⓘ
subject linked to: western Syria
Southern Syria → hasCity → Quneitra (destroyed city) ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Syria
linked to: Quneitra
Damascus Eyalet → contains → Quneitra ⓘ
Quneitra Governorate → capital → Quneitra ⓘ