Arḑ al ‘Alā’
Arḑ al ‘Alā’ is a locality in Quneitra Governorate, Syria. Arḑ al ‘Alā’ is situated nearby to the locality Arāḑī al Wāwīyah, as well as near the abandoned locality Al Yāqūşah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fiq and Fik Runway.
Fiq
Ruins
Photo: Jakednb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fiq was a Syrian town in the Golan Heights that administratively belonged to Quneitra Governorate. It sat at an altitude of 349 meters and had a population of 2,800 in 1967.
Fik Runway
Aerodrome
Fik Airfield is an airfield in the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz Afik. The airfield has been used to test drones, including by Switzerland. Fik Runway is situated 2½ km north of Arḑ al ‘Alā’.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meitsar and Afik.
Meitsar
Village
Metzar is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the southern Golan Heights. The settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel occupied the area in the Six Day War in 1967.
Afik
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Afik is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the Golan Heights. It was established in 1972 close to the abandoned Syrian village of Fiq following Israel's capture and occupation of the Golan Heights in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Neot Golan
Village
Neot Golan is an Israeli settlement and moshav, in the southern Golan Heights, under the administration of Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council, and had a population of 744 in 2023. Neot Golan is situated 3½ km northwest of Arḑ al ‘Alā’.
Arḑ al ‘Alā’
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ard al `Ala‘”
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.76888° or 32° 46′ 8″ northLongitude
35.72402° or 35° 43′ 27″ eastElevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)Open location code
8G4QQP9F+HJGeoNames ID
9197155
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In Other Languages
“Arḑ al ‘Alā’” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أرض العلاء”
Localities in the Area
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