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]