Quneitra

Quneitra (an aw Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra;  al-Qunayṭrah) is the lairgely destroyed an abandoned caipital o the Quneitra Govrenorate in sooth-wastren Sirie. It is situatit in a heich valley in the Golan Heights at an elevation o 1,010 metres (3,313 feet) abuin sea level. Quneitra wis foondit in the Ottoman era as a way station on the caravan route tae Damascus an subsequently became a garrison toun o some 20,000 fowk, strategically locatit near the ceasefire line wi Israel. Its name is Arabic for "the little brig".http://www.syriagate.com/Syria/about/cities/Quneitra/ 

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Category:Destroyed ceeties
Category:Fertile Crescent
Category:Populatit places in Sirie