Khatuniyah | |
Native Name: | خاتونية بحرة |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Khatuniyah in Syria |
Coordinates: | 36.4228°N 41.22°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | al-Hasakah |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | al-Hasakah |
Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name3: | al-Hawl |
Population: | 1218 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Geocode: | C4513 |
Khatuniyah (Arabic: خاتونية بحرة|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|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 40km (30miles) 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.
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.[1]