Al-Janudiyah ٱلْجَانُودِيَّة | |
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Town | |
  Al-Janudiyah | |
| Coordinates:35°53′05″N36°17′27″E / 35.88472°N 36.29083°E /35.88472; 36.29083 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Idlib Governorate |
| District | Jisr al-Shughur District |
| Subdistrict | al-Janudiyah Subdistrict |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 7,774 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-Janudiyah (Arabic:ٱلْجَانُودِيَّة,romanized: al-Jānūdīyah; also spelledal-Janoudiya,el-Janudieh,al-Janoodiya) is a town in northernSyria, administratively part of theIdlib Governorate, located northwest ofIdlib along the western banks on theOrontes River inZawiya Mountain.[2] Nearby localities includeShughur Fawqani to the southwest,Jisr al-Shughur 10 kilometers to the south,Bishlamun to the southeast,Kafr Dibbin to the northeast,Yacoubiyah andal-Qunaya to the north, andMaland to the northwest. It is located close to theSyria–Turkey border.
According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Janudiyah had a population of 5,295 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of theAl-Janudiyahnahiyah which consists of 13 localities with a combined population of 19,642.[1] The town's inhabitants are predominantlyArabSunni Muslims.[3]
Al-Janudiya contains ancient pottery resembling that of theAmuq region.[4] The geology of the site is marked by softmarl andlimestone.[5]
During aSyrian Army operation againstopposition rebels in Jisr al-Shughur, on 15 June 2011, al-Janudiyah was surrounded by Syrian troops.[6] On 5 September, after clashing with army deserters fleeing towards the nearbyborder with Turkey, armor-backed Syrian troops entered al-Janudiyah, according to witnesses.[7] Later, on 15 September, a boy was reportedly killed by security forces during an anti-government demonstration in the town, according to opposition activists.[2]
Clashes in al-Janudiyah on 11 March left three Syrian Army soldiers and one civilian dead according to theSyrian Observatory for Human Rights.[8] On 1 April a Syrian Army convoy was assaulted by defectors resulting in the deaths of four soldiers and the injuring of eleven others.[9]
In the first days of February 2013,Syrian opposition rebels captured al-Janudiyah and nearbyYakubiyah located on the border withTurkey.[3]
