Qunaya

Qunaya القنية
Qunaya Location in Syria
Coordinates: 35°55′N 36°19′E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Idlib Governorate
District	Jisr ash-Shugur District
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population (2008 est.)
• Total	1,000
• Ethnicities	Syriac
• Religions	Christians - Catholic
Time zone	EET (UTC+ 2GMT)
Website	Qunaya.com

Qunaya or Al-Qunaya (Arabic: القنية‎, Syriac: ܩܢܙܐ, al-knaya) is a Syrian village located in northwestern Syria in the Levant and administratively belonging to the Idlib Governorate. The village is far from the city of Idlib, 35 km north of Jisr ash-Shugur, and is in between Lattakia{to 90 km (56 mi)} and Aleppo {to 120 km (75 mi)}. Qunaya is {450 meters (1476 ft)}above the sea level. The population of the village is about 1,000 inhabitants.

Geography

The town relates with Hamama (Kafr Dbeen) at the east, at the north with Zarzor, Amud, and Darkoush , the west with Yaqubiah Judaida, and the south {Jisr Al-Shougour - Qunaya - Darkoush} road.

Town climate is Mediterranean, whereas the winter is cold, rainy, snowy at times; the summer is warm.

Etymology

Some sources indicate that the current name of the village is derived from :

• The Syriac language Qunaya means "Kingdom".
• The Syriac language Qunaya means "Livelihood and Money".

History

Some archaeological artifacts date back to 2000 BC There is an ancient church in the village cemetery of the Church of St.Kiprianos from the fifth century AD.

Missionaries of the Franciscan Fathers (the holy land rangers) (From Latin Catholic) came to the village in 1878 and built a church, Monastery, clinic and the first Arabic school in northwestern Syria, they re-built the church in 1885 and the current church dates to 1932.

Postal Service began in 1927 and the telephone arrived to the village in 1929. The municipality was established in 1932 and electricity came to the village in 1935 and the customs in 1937.

External links

• Qunaya.com