Zanqufa

Zanqufa
زنقوفة
Zanqufeh
Village
Zanqufa is located in Syria
Zanqufa
Zanqufa
Coordinates: 35°35′58″N 36°2′35″E / 35.59944°N 36.04306°E / 35.59944; 36.04306
Country Syria
GovernorateLatakia
DistrictAl-Haffah
SubdistrictAl-Haffah
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
928
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Zanqufa (Arabic: زنقوفة, also spelled Zanqoufeh) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the al-Haffah District, located northeast of Latakia. It is situated along the southern edge of city of al-Haffah. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Zanqufa had a population of 928 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Sunni Muslims.[2]

During the 1919-20 revolt against French rule in Syria, Zanqufa was used as a base of guerrilla operations and training by rebel leader Izz ad-Din al-Qassam.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Balanche 2000, pp. 86, 105, 297.
  3. ^ Schleifer, 1993, p. 169.

Bibliography

  • Balanche, Fabrice (2000). "Les Alaouites, l'espace et le pouvoir dans la région côtière syrienne : une intégration nationale ambiguë" (in French). Tours: Université François Rabelais. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  • Abdullah, Schleifer (1993). "Palestinian Peasantry in the Great Revolt". In Edmund Burke (ed.). Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07988-4.