Al-Khalidiyah, al-Hasakah Governorate explained

Official Name:Al-Khalidiyah
Native Name:Arabic: الخالدية

Syriac: ܚܢܝܟ
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Al-Hasakah Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Al-Malikiyah District
Subdivision Type3:Nahiyah
Subdivision Name3:Al-Malikiyah
Coordinates:37.0739°N 42.3703°W
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+3
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Parts Type:Control
Parts Style:para
P1: Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Al-Khalidiyah (Arabic: الخالدية) or Khanik (Syriac: ܚܢܝܟ|Ḥanik; Arabic: خانيك; Kurdish: Xanike) is a village in the al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria.The village lies on the Tigris Khabur opposite to the Iraqi village of Faysh Khabur and is located 4 km south of the Semalka Border Crossing and just 3km to the south of the tripoint of Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The village is also famous as the easternmost settlement of Syria.Khanik is inhabited by Assyrians belonging to the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. A number of Armenians also live in the village.[1]

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  1. Web site: الكنيسة الكلدانية في قرية الخالدية خانيك. gazire.com. 26 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064941/http://www.gazire.com/cms/news-action-show-id-4551.htm. 4 March 2016. dead.