Al-Rafid ( ar, الرفيد) is a village in southern
Syria, administratively part of the
Quneitra Governorate
Quneitra Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة القنيطرة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Al-Qunayṭrah'') is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. It is situated in southern Syria, notable for the location of the Golan Heights. The ...
(
Golan Heights
The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...
), in the portion of the province under the
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone
The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission tasked with maintaining the ceasefire between Israel and Syria in the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The mission was established by United ...
. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Rafid had a population of 2,263 in the 2004 census.
The town has been claimed by
pro-Assadist forces during the
Syrian Civil War.
References
External links
Boutmiye-map, 20K
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Towns in Quneitra Governorate