Qurqania Explained

Official Name:Qurqania
Native Name:قُورْقَانِيَا
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Idlib
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Harem
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Qurqania
Settlement Type:Town
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2004
Population Total:2,050
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:36.1386°N 36.6125°W

Qurqania (Arabic: قُورْقَانِيَا|Qūrqāniyā, also spelled Qurqanya or Korkania) is a town in Syria, administratively part of the Harem District of the Idlib Governorate. Qurqania is the administrative center of the Qurqania Subdistrict, which contained 13 localities with a collective population of 12,522 in 2004. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qurqania itself had a population of 2,050 in the 2004 census.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB07-16-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004