Golan Heights
The Golan Heights (Arabic: هضبة الجولان Haḍbatu 'l-Jawlān or مرتفعات الجولان Murtafaʻātu l-Jawlān, Hebrew: רמת הגולן, Ramat ha-Golan (audio) ), or simply the Golan or the Syrian Golan, is a region in the Levant.
Latitude and longitude of Inkhil
Satellite map of Inkhil
Inkhil (Arabic: أنخل, also spelled Ankhil) is a town in the al-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria located north of Daraa and just east of the Golan Heights in the Hauran plain.
Population: 29,076
Latitude: 33° 01' 4.69" N
Longitude: 36° 07' 41.02" E
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