Fiq, Syria
Encyclopedia
Fiq is a former Syria
n town
administratively belonging to Al Quneitra Governorate, located in the Golan Heights. Residing at an altitude of 349 metres (1,145 ft), the Israeli settlement
, kibbutz
, Afik
was built close by. , Fiq had a population of 2,769 , but has since declined.
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
n town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
administratively belonging to Al Quneitra Governorate, located in the Golan Heights. Residing at an altitude of 349 metres (1,145 ft), the Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...
, kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
, Afik
Afik
Afik is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz, and the first Jewish locale established in the Golan Heights after the Six Day War. Affiliated with Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim, it was established near the site of the abandoned Syrian village named Fiq on 8 May 1972...
was built close by. , Fiq had a population of 2,769 , but has since declined.