Jankil جنكيل Qadisiya | |
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Village | |
  Jankil | |
| Coordinates:35°37′18″N36°3′11″E / 35.62167°N 36.05306°E /35.62167; 36.05306 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Latakia |
| District | Al-Haffah |
| Subdistrict | Al-Haffah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,229 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Jankil (Arabic:جنكيل, also transliteratedJinkil), officially calledQadisiyya, is a village in northwesternSyria, administratively part of theal-Haffah District, located northeast ofLatakia. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics, Jankil had a population of 1,229 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants areSunni Muslims.[2]
On 7 September 2012, Jankil and the neighboring villageBabna were subjected to tank shelling and machine gun fire by government troops.[3]
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