The Occupied Golan Height - fact and information

- Area of the occupied part on 1967: 1250 square kilometers

- Area of the part given back to Syrian on 1974: 100 square kilometers

- Area of the land still under occupation: 1150 square kilometers

- Civilian population before the Israeli occupation: 130000  Syrians (including about 9000 Palestinian refugees)

- The population remained after the occupation: 6396 Syrians

- Total Arab villages before the occupation: 137

- Total Arab towns before the occupation: 2 (Qunitra and Fiq)

- Total Arab farm before the occupation: 61

- The reaming villages after the Israeli occupation: 8 villages (two were given back on 1974 and one was destroyed later by Israel)

- The total Arab villages at the present time: 5

- The total Arab population at the present time: Estimated 20000 Syrians

- Israeli colonies at the present time: 33 (10 kibbutzim, 19 Moshavim, tw3o regional community centers and one town)

- Number of settlers at the present time:  Estimated 18000 (including families of army an d settles registered in the Golan and living inside Israel)

- Pasture land of the Golan: 500 square kilometers

- Agricultural area tilled be 18000 settlers: 80 Square kilometers

- Agricultural area tilled be 20000 indigenous people: 25 Square kilometers

- Natural reserve (Used by settlers for tourism ): 246 Square kilometers