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'''Kudna''' ({{langx|ar|كودنة}}, also transliterated ''Kodneh'', ''Kudnah'') is a village in southern ], administratively part of the ], located south of ] in the Syrian-controlled area of ]. According to the ], Kudna had a population of 1,857 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}}</ref> Kudna is the traditional headquarters of the ], a large Arab tribe mainly based in southern Syria. Historically and at least until the outbreak of the ], Kudna was a well-known pasture ground for the Arabian horses of the Nu'aym and their leading household, the Tahhan family.<ref name="Assaf">{{cite web |last1=Assaf |first1=Faten |title=قبيلة "النعيم"... "أنا راعي الصفرا" (Al-Naim Tribe... I am the Shepherd of the Yellow ) |url=https://www.esyria.sy/2010/07/%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7 |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=Arabic |date=7 July 2010}}</ref> '''Kudna''' ({{langx|ar|كودنة}}, also transliterated ''Kodneh'', ''Kudnah'') is a village in southern ], administratively part of the ], located south of ] in the Syrian-controlled area of ]. According to the ], Kudna had a population of 1,857 in the 2004 census.<ref name="CBS">{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}}</ref>

] shaped settlement in the Golan for centuries because of its harsh ]. The winters "forced tribespeople until the 19th century to live in hundreds of rudimentary 'winter villages' in their tribal territory. Starting in the second part of the 19th century, villages became "fixed and formed the nucleus of fully sedentary life in the 20th century Golan."<ref>], “Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds,” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), ''The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arra''f, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 69-70.</ref> Specifically, Kudna is the traditional headquarters of the ], a large Arab tribe mainly based in southern Syria. Historically, Kudna was a well-known pasture ground for the Arabian horses of the Nu'aym and their leading household, the Tahhan family.<ref name="Assaf">{{cite web |last1=Assaf |first1=Faten |title=قبيلة "النعيم"... "أنا راعي الصفرا" (Al-Naim Tribe... I am the Shepherd of the Yellow ) |url=https://www.esyria.sy/2010/07/%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7 |access-date=20 December 2024 |language=Arabic |date=7 July 2010}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Village in Quneitra, Syria
Kudna كودنة
Village
Kudna is located in SyriaKudnaKudna
Coordinates: 33°0′25″N 35°53′19″E / 33.00694°N 35.88861°E / 33.00694; 35.88861
Grid position224/241 PAL
CountrySyria
GovernorateQuneitra
DistrictQuneitra
SubdistrictKhishniyah
Population
 • Total1,857
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kudna (Arabic: كودنة, also transliterated Kodneh, Kudnah) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate, located south of Quneitra in the Syrian-controlled area of Golan Heights. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Kudna had a population of 1,857 in the 2004 census.

Transhumance shaped settlement in the Golan for centuries because of its harsh winters. The winters "forced tribespeople until the 19th century to live in hundreds of rudimentary 'winter villages' in their tribal territory. Starting in the second part of the 19th century, villages became "fixed and formed the nucleus of fully sedentary life in the 20th century Golan." Specifically, Kudna is the traditional headquarters of the Nu'aym, a large Arab tribe mainly based in southern Syria. Historically, Kudna was a well-known pasture ground for the Arabian horses of the Nu'aym and their leading household, the Tahhan family.

References

  1. ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
  2. Roy Marom, “Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds,” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arraf, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 69-70.
  3. Assaf, Faten (7 July 2010). "قبيلة "النعيم"... "أنا راعي الصفرا" (Al-Naim Tribe... I am the Shepherd of the Yellow [Land])" (in Arabic). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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