| Al-Qahtaniya القحطانية | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Al-QahtaniyaLocation in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 35°59′37″N 38°55′52″E / 35.99361°N 38.93111°E / 35.99361; 38.93111 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Raqqa Governorate |
| District | Raqqa District |
| Nahiyah | Raqqa |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,490 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (EEST) |
Al-Qahtaniya (Arabic: القحطانية) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of Raqqa Governorate, located just northwest of Raqqa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qahtaniya had a population of 2,490 in the 2004 census.
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.
References
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. (in Arabic)
- "Syria children 'killed' in Raqqa tank attack - Middle East". Al Jazeera English. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
