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Quneitra Governorate

Ein Qiniyye

Ein Qiniyye or 'Ayn Qunya is a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied southern foothills of , 750 meters above sea level. It was granted local council status in 1982.
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  • Type: Village with 1,990 residents
  • Description: village in Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Ayn Qunīyah”, “‘Ayn Qunyah”, “‘Ein Quniya”, “Aïn Qounîya”, “Ayn Qunya”, and “Ein Kinya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nimrod Fortress and Banias.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bukvoed, CC BY 3.0.
The or Nimrod Castle is a castle built by the Ayyubids and greatly enlarged by the Mamluks, situated on the southern slopes of , on a ridge rising about 800 m above sea level.

Photo: israeltourism, CC BY 2.0.
, also spelled Banyas, is a site in the near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek god Pan. It had been inhabited for 2,000 years, until its Syrian population fled and their homes were destroyed by Israel following the 1967 Six-Day War. is situated 4 km west of Ein Qiniyye.

Forest
Photo: כ.אלון, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nimrod and Mas’ade.

Village
is a small Israeli settlement organized as a moshav, in the on the southern slopes of , and is the highest such civilian settlement in Israeli-controlled territory at 1,110 meters above sea level.

Village
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Mas'ade is a Druze village in the northern , Syria. It covers an area of 11,985 dunams, and in 2023 had a population of 4,161. It was given the status of a local council in 1982.

Village
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is an Israeli settlement organized as a small -styled moshav in the . Located on the slopes of , 2 kilometers west of . it falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council. is situated 3 km north of Ein Qiniyye.

Ein Qiniyye

Latitude
33.23639° or 33° 14′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.73159° or 35° 43′ 54″ east
Population
1,990
Elevation
766 metres (2,513 feet)
Open location code
8G5Q6PPJ+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 602731111
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
172119
Wiki­data ID
Q2917274
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ein Qiniyye” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عين قنية”
  • Czech: “Ein Qiniyye”
  • Czech: “Ejn Kinije”
  • Dutch: “Ein Qiniyye”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عين قنيه”
  • French: “Ein Qiniyye”
  • Hebrew: “‘Ein Qunīya”
  • Hebrew: “עין קיניה”
  • Hebrew: “עין קניה”
  • Hebrew: “עין קנייא”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ein Qiniyye”
  • Persian: “عین قنیة”
  • Persian: “عین قنیه”
  • Polish: “Ein Qinije”
  • Polish: “En Kinijje”
  • Russian: “Эйн-Киния”
  • Turkish: “Ein Kıniye”
  • Vietnamese: “Ein Qiniyye”

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