Zanqufa

Zanqufa
زنقوفة
Zanqufeh
Village
Zanqufa
Coordinates: 35°35′58″N 36°2′35″E / 35.59944°N 36.04306°E / 35.59944; 36.04306
Country  Syria
Governorate Latakia
District Al-Haffah
Subdistrict Al-Haffah
Population (2004 census)[1]
 • Total 928
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Zanqufa (Arabic: زنقوفة‎, also spelled Zanqufeh) 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]

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.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ↑ Schleifer, 1993, p. 169.

Bibliography

  • Abdullah, Schleifer (1993). "Palestinian Peasantry in the Great Revolt". In Edmund Burke. Struggle and Survival in the Modern Middle East. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07988-4.
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