Quneitra

ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة
ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة
	Coordinates: 33°07′N 35°49′E / 33.117°N 35.817°E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Quneitra
District	Quneitra
Subdistrict	Quneitra
Region	Golan Heights
Settled	around 1000 CE
Resettled	1873
Destroyed	1974
Government
• Governor	Ahmad Sheikh Abdul-Qader
Elevation	1,010 m (3,313 ft)
Population (2004 census)
• City	153
• Metro	4,318
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	eQunaytra

Quneitra (also Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra; Arabic: ٱلْقُنَيْطِرَة or ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة, al-Qunayṭrah or al-Qunayṭirah ararar) is the abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria.

Political status

Quneitra is the capital of the Quneitra Governorate, a district of southwestern Syria that incorporates the whole of the Golan Heights. The city of Quneitra is within the portion of the Golan Heights controlled by Syria. Madinat al-Baath (Baath City) became the new capital.^[3]

Map of the Golan Heights as of 1989, illustrating the location of Quneitra and the surrounding area.

Skyline of Quneitra, 1929

Yom Kippur War

Main page: Yom Kippur War

Golan Heights campaign during Yom Kippur War

Destroyed building in Quneitra

The entrance to the city

Quneitra hospital. The sign reads: "Golan Hospital. Destructed by Zionists and changed it to firing target!" [sic]

Syrian Civil War

Quneitra Media

Map of the Golan Heights as of 1989, illustrating the location of Quneitra and the surrounding area.
Skyline of the Quneitra in the background (behind the tree): Library of Congress Call Number: LC-M32- 3570 [P&P]
Golan Heights campaign during Yom Kippur War
Destroyed building in Quneitra
Quneitra hospital. The sign reads: "Golan Hospital. Destructed by Zionists and changed it to firing target!" [sic]