Quneitra Governorate

Quneitra Governorate

Infobox Syria Governorate
governorate_name = Quneitra
muhafazat_name = القنيطرة
loc_



capital = Quneitra
latd =
longd =
area = 685 ~ 1,710
pop = 69,000
pop_year = 2005
pop_density =
num_districts =
languages= Arabic

Quneitra Governorate ( _ar. مُحافظة القنيطرة) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, bordering Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Its area varies, according to different sources, from 685 km² [http://www.citypopulation.de/Syria.html Syria - City Population - Cities, Towns & Provinces - Statistics & Map] ] to 1,710 km² [ [http://www.statoids.com/usy.html Syria Provinces] ] . The governorate has a population of 69,000 (2005 estimate) . The capital is Quneitra. Much of the governorate was captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War and 1973 Yom Kippur War ( called the Ramadan War in Arab countries) and forms the contentious Golan Heights.

Allon Plan for a Druze state in the Golan/Quneitra

During the 1970s, Israeli politician Yigal Allon proposed as part of the so-called Allon Plan that a Druze state ("Jabal Druze") be established in Syria's Quneitra Governorate, including the Israeli-held Golan Heights [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988828.html] . Allon died in 1980, and in the following year the Israeli government passed the Golan Heights Law, effectively annexing most of the Governorate.

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