Fiq
فيق | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Ruins at Fiq | |
  Fiq Location of Fiq in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°46′N 35°42′E / 32.77°N 35.7°E | |
| Country | Golan Heights, internationally recognised as Syrian territory occupied by Israel. See Status of the Golan Heights. |
| Israeli District | Northern District |
| Israeli Subdistrict | Golan |
| Syrian Governorate | Quneitra Governorate |
| Syrian District | Fiq District |
| Population (1967) | 2,800[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Fiq (Arabic: فيق) was a Syrian town in the Golan Heights that administratively belonged to Quneitra Governorate.[2] It sat at an altitude of 349 meters (1,145 ft) and had a population of 2,800 in 1967. It was the administrative center of the Fiq District,[2] the southern district of the Golan.[1] Fiq was evacuated during and after the Six-Day War in June 1967. The Israeli settlement of Kibbutz Afik was built close by.[2]
- ^ a b Kipnis 2013, p. 244
- ^ a b c Urman & Flesher 1998, p. 578