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Al-Qahtaniyah, Raqqa Governorate

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Al-Qahtaniya
القحطانية
Village
Country Syria
GovernorateAl-Raqqah Governorate
DistrictAl-Raqqah District
NahiyahAl-Raqqah
Occupation Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total2,490
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)

Al-Qahtaniya (Arabic: القحطانية) is a village in northern Syria, administratively part of al-Raqqah Governorate, located just northwest of al-Raqqah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qahtaniya had a population of 2,490 in the 2004 census.[1]

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. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Hasakah Governorate. Template:Ar icon
  2. ^ "Syria children 'killed' in Raqqa tank attack - Middle East". Al Jazeera English. 2012-12-26. Retrieved 2012-12-26.