Al Khushniyah

Al Khushniyah is a historic site in Quneitra Governorate, Syria. Al Khushniyah is situated nearby to the mosque מסגד אל-ח’שניה, as well as near the ruins Tel Hoshania.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tel Hoshania and Ar Ramthaniyah.

Tel Hoshania

Ruins

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Khushniyeh, or Khishniyyeh is a former Syrian town located in the Golan Heights. Tel Hoshania is situated 440 metres southwest of Al Khushniyah.

Ar Ramthaniyah

Ruins

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Ar Ramthaniyah is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km north of Al Khushniyah.

Einot Pekham

Spring

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Einot Pekham is a spring, which is situated 3½ km south of Al Khushniyah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keshet and Alonei HaBashan.

Keshet is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav shitufi in the Golan Heights. It was established in 1974 after the Yom Kippur War by young activists near the Syrian city of Quneitra, which had been occupied and subsequently razed to the ground in the Six-Day War.

Alonei HaBashan

Village

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Alonei HaBashan is an Israeli settlement located in the eastern Golan Heights, organized as a moshav shitufi, under the administration of Israel, which considers it part of its sovereign territory. Alonei HaBashan is situated 6 km northeast of Al Khushniyah.

Yonatan

Village

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Yonatan is an Israeli settlement and moshav located in the central Golan Heights. Initially a moshav shitufi, it underwent a privatization process to become a community settlement. Yonatan is situated 7 km south of Al Khushniyah.

Al Khushniyah

Type: Historic site
Also known as: “Couchenie, Couchenié, El Khushniye, El Khushnīye, El Kushniye, Khochniye, Khochniyé, Khushniyah, Khushnīyah, Al Khushnīyah” and “אלטאי דרומית - חושניה”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.99874° or 32° 59′ 56″ north

Longitude

35.81187° or 35° 48′ 43″ east

Open location code

8G4QXRX6+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 164424567

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Al Khushniyah” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الخشنية”
French: “Al Khushniyah”
German: “Al Khushniyah”
Hebrew: “חושניה”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hushnia Groove and מסגד אל-ח’שניה.

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