Chanik
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خانيك ܚܢܝܟ Chanik |
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| Coordinates | 37 ° 4 ′ N , 42 ° 22 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Syria | ||
| al-Hasakah | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SY-HA | ||
| Residents | - | ||
| Metropolitan area | 20,000 | ||
Chanik ( Aramaic ܚܢܝܟ, Arabic خانيك, DMG Ḫānīk ), also known as al-Chalidiya (الخالدية, DMG al-Ḫālidiyya ), is a city in the al-Malikiyah district of al-Hasakah governorate in northeast Syria .
The city is located on the Tigris-Chabur opposite the Iraqi village of Faisch Chabur , only 3 km south of the border triangle Iraq, Syria and Turkey . The village is also famous for being the easternmost settlement in Syria. Chanik is inhabited by Arameans and Assyrians who belong to the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East . A number of Armenians also live in the village.
As part of the Syrian civil war and the advance of the Islamic State organization , the city took in around 50,000 refugees by autumn 2014, including numerous Yazidis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ الكنيسة الكلدانية في قرية الخالدية خانيك. gazire.com, accessed March 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Yazidis - wave of help spills into the parish hall. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, accessed on October 7, 2014 .