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Khatuniyah خاتونية بحرة
Village
KhatuniyahLocation of Khatuniyah in Syria
Coordinates: 36°25′22″N 41°13′12″E / 36.42278°N 41.22000°E / 36.42278; 41.22000
Country	Syria
Governorate	al-Hasakah
District	al-Hasakah
Subdistrict	al-Hawl
Population	1,218
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Geocode	C4513

Khatuniyah (Arabic: خاتونية بحرة, romanized: Khātūnīyah; Kurdish, Çemê Xatûna) is a village near al-Hawl in eastern al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria.

The village is located on a small peninsula at the northeastern shore of al-Khatuniyah Lake (Arabic: بحرة الخاتونية, romanized: Baḩrat al Khātūnīyah, close to the border with Iraq. Northwest of the town, a main road that connects the provincial capital al-Hasakah, which is located around 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the west, with the Rabia border crossing towards Iraq.

Administratively the village belongs to the al-Hawl Nahiya of al-Hasakah District. At the 2004 census, it had a population of 1,218.

History

During the Syrian Civil War, the area was occupied by the Islamic State. The village was however captured on 11 November 2015 by the Syrian Democratic Forces in the course of their al-Hawl offensive.

References

1. ^ "2004 Census Data for Nahiya al-Hawl" (in Arabic). Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics. Also available in English: UN OCHA. "2004 Census Data". Humanitarian Data Exchange.
2. "Syrian Democratic Forces recapture key town near Iraqi border amid ISIS decline". ARA News. 14 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

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Capital: Al-Hasakah
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