Golan Heights
هضبة الجولان רמת הגולן | |
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Location of the Golan Heights | |
Coordinates: 32°58′54″N 35°44′58″E / 32.98167°N 35.74944°E | |
Status | Internationally recognized as Syrian territory occupied by Israel;[note 1] see Status of the Golan Heights. |
Area | |
• Total | 1,800 km2 (700 sq mi) |
• Occupied by Israel | 1,200 km2 (500 sq mi) |
• Controlled by Syrian Arab Republic (including de jure 235 km2 (91 sq mi) UNDOF control zone) | 600 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,814 m (9,232 ft) |
Lowest elevation | −212 m (−696 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 40,000–49,700 |
• Arabs | 20,000–25,700 |
• Israeli Jewish settlers | 20,000–22,300 |
Time zone | UTC+2 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 |
The Golan Heights is a plateau and a disputed land between Syria and Israel, which captured the area in the Six Day War of 1967.[6] The United Nations has voted to ask Israel to pull its troops out of the Golan Heights.[7] Syria and Israel still have not signed a peace treaty from that war, mostly because of the issue of the Golan. They almost reached a peace deal but they could not agree on where to draw the line, and what Syria would have to do in return.[8] The Golan Heights and Mount Hermon was annexed by Israel in 1981. On the western edge of the Golan Heights is a range of dormant and extinct volcanos.
In January 2013, the Israeli government said it planned to build a wall along the eastern edges of the Golan Heights, on its ceasefire line with Syria.[9]
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