Al-Qahtaniyah, Raqqa Governorate

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.[1]

This article is about the village in Raqqa Governorate in Syria. For other towns with the same name, see Al-Qahtaniyah.
Al-Qahtaniya
القحطانية
Village
Al-Qahtaniya is located in Syria
Al-Qahtaniya
Al-Qahtaniya
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°59′37″N 38°55′52″E
Country Syria
GovernorateRaqqa Governorate
DistrictRaqqa District
NahiyahRaqqa
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total2,490
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

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. 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)
  2. "Syria children 'killed' in Raqqa tank attack - Middle East". Al Jazeera English. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
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