Slonta
Slonta or Suluntah is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar about 27 kilometres south of the city of Bayda. It is noted for its ruins of a pre-Greek temple for the Berber people, that used to be in a cave which has since collapsed.Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 2,510 residents
- Description: human settlement in Libya
- Also known as: “ASuluntah”, “Salanţah”, “Slónta”, “Slonţah”, “Suluntah”, and “Sulunţah”
Slonta
- Categories: human settlement, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
32.59028° or 32° 35′ 25″ northLongitude
21.71583° or 21° 42′ 57″ eastPopulation
2,510Elevation
770 metres (2,526 feet)Open location code
8G43HPR8+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 1565512736OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
81605Wikidata ID
Q7541322
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Slonta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسلنطة”
- Arabic: “إسلنطة”
- Arabic: “اسلنطة”
- Arabic: “سلنطة”
- Dutch: “Slonta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسلنطه”
- French: “ASuluntah”
- Irish: “Slonta”
- Italian: “Slonta”
- Japanese: “スロッタ”
- Japanese: “スロンタ”
- Persian: “اسلنطه”
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