Al-Rafid, Syria

This article is about the Syrian town. For other uses, see Rafid (disambiguation).

Town in Quneitra, Syria

Al-Rafid

الرفيد

Town

Al-Rafid

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Coordinates: 32°57′18″N 35°54′5″E﻿ / ﻿32.95500°N 35.90139°E﻿ / 32.95500; 35.90139
Grid position| 234/262 PAL
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Quneitra
District| Quneitra
Subdistrict| Khishniyah
Population

(2004 census)[1]

• Total| 2,263
Time zone| UTC+3 (AST)

Al-Rafid (Arabic: الرفيد) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate (Golan Heights), in the portion of the province under the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Rafid had a population of 2,263 in the 2004 census.[1]

The town has been claimed by pro-Assadist forces during the Syrian Civil War.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
2. ^ Awad, Ammar; Lubell, Maayan; al Khalidi, Suleiman (July 26, 2018). Bolton, Andrew (ed.). "Syrian flag raised in Quneitra on Syrian side of Golan Heights". Reuters. "Pro-Assad forces have raised the flag in several other towns along the frontier, including al Hamidiyah and Rafid, that overlooks a U.N. observation post."

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Quneitra Governorate of Syria

Quneitra District|

* Quneitra
* Bariqa
* Beer Ajam
* Hader
* Khan Arnabah
* Kirkis
* Jabah
* Jubata al-Khashab
* Madinat al-Baath
* Masharah
* Naba al-Sakher
* al-Qahtaniyah
* al-Qusaybah
* al-Rafid
* al-Suwaysah
* Umm Batinah

Fiq District|

* Sayda

Israeli settlements in the
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights|

| Town|

* Katzrin

|

Kibbutzim|

* Afik
* Ein Zivan
* Ein Gev
* El Rom
* Gadot
* Geshur
* Kfar Haruv
* Ma'agan
* Merom Golan
* Metzar
* Mevo Hama
* Natur
* Ortal
* Snir
* Tel Katzir

Moshavim|

* Alonei HaBashan
* Ani'am
* Avnei Eitan
* Bnei Yehuda
* Eliad
* Givat Yoav
* Haspin
* Kanaf
* Keshet
* Kidmat Tzvi
* Ma'ale Gamla
* Mishmar HaYarden
* Neot Golan
* Neve Ativ
* Nimrod
* Nov
* Odem
* Ramat Magshimim
* Ramot
* Sha'al
* Yonatan

Community settlements|

* Had Nes
* HaOn
* Kela Alon
* Trump Heights

Syrian localities in
Israeli-occupied Golan Heights|

| Populated|

* Buq'ata
* Ein Qiniyye
* Ghajar
* Majdal Shams
* Mas'ade

|

Depopulated|

* Al-Ahmadiyah
* Al-'Al
* Almin
* 'Ayn Fit
* Ain Hamra
* Ain Ziwan
* al-Birah
* al-Butayha
* Dabburah
* Dalwa
* Dayr Aziz
* Dayr Siras
* al-Eshshah
* Fiq
* Hafar
* Hatal
* Jabbin
* Jawziah
* Jubata ez-Zeit
* Kafr Harib
* Kafr al-Ma
* Kafr Naffakh
* Khisfin
* Khishniyah
* Khokhah
* Mumsiyah
* Qarahta
* Razzaniyah
* Saffuriyah
* Shayta
* al-Sindiyanah
* Skufiyah
* al-Summaqah
* Umm al-Dananir

Israeli settlements in italics were on the Mandatory Palestine side of the 1923 border.
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