Iraq
Muthanna Governorate
Al-Khidir District

Uruk

Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East or West Asia, located east of the current bed of the River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river in , Iraq.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city of Sumer and Babylonia
  • Also known as: “Akkadian Uruk”, “Auruk”, “Erech”, “Erekh”, “Orékh”, “Orkhóē”, “Ōrúgeia”, “Tall al Warkā’”, and “Tel al Warka”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ziggurat of Uruk.

Place of worship
The Anu ziggurat is a ziggurat in the city of Uruk. The single massive terrace makes up the area traditionally called the Anu district. It was originally proposed to have been dedicated to the Sumerian sky god Anu. is situated 220 metres northeast of Uruk.

Uruk

Latitude
31.32334° or 31° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
45.63833° or 45° 38′ 18″ east
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
8H378JFQ+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1046022673
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
90377
Wiki­data ID
Q168518
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Uruk” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Uruk”
  • Albanian: “Uruk”
  • Amharic: “ኡሩክ”
  • Amharic: “ኦሬክ”
  • Amharic: “ዋርካ፥ ኢራቅ”
  • Arabic: “أرك”
  • Arabic: “أوروك”
  • Arabic: “ارك”
  • Arabic: “الوركاء”
  • Arabic: “اورك”
  • Arabic: “اوروك”
  • Arabic: “تل الوركاء”
  • Arabic: “وركاء”
  • Armenian: “Ուրուկ”
  • Basque: “Uruk”
  • Belarusian: “Урук”
  • Belarusian: “Урукскі перыяд”
  • Bengali: “উরুক”
  • Bosnian: “Uruk”
  • Bulgarian: “Урук”
  • Catalan: “Èrec”
  • Catalan: “Erek”
  • Catalan: “Uruk”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئورووک”
  • Chinese: “乌鲁克”
  • Chinese: “烏魯克”
  • Chinese: “烏魯克城”
  • Chuvash: “Урук”
  • Croatian: “Uruk”
  • Czech: “Erech”
  • Czech: “Unug”
  • Czech: “Uruk”
  • Danish: “Uruk”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Uruk”
  • Dutch: “Oeroek”
  • Dutch: “Uruk”
  • Dutch: “Warka”
  • Esperanto: “Uruk”
  • Finnish: “Erek”
  • Finnish: “Uruk”
  • French: “Eanna”
  • French: “Kullab”
  • French: “Ourouk”
  • French: “Uruk”
  • French: “Warka”
  • Galician: “Érec”
  • Galician: “Erech”
  • Galician: “Unug”
  • Galician: “Uruk”
  • Georgian: “ურუკი”
  • Georgian: “ურუქი”
  • German: “Erech”
  • German: “Eresch”
  • German: “Irigal”
  • German: “Nufedschi”
  • German: “Uruk-Warka”
  • German: “Uruk”
  • Greek: “Ουρούκ”
  • Hebrew: “אורוכ”
  • Hebrew: “ארך”
  • Hindi: “उरुक”
  • Hungarian: “Uruk”
  • Icelandic: “Úrúk”
  • Ido: “Uruk”
  • Indonesian: “Uruk”
  • Irish: “Uruk”
  • Italian: “Uruk”
  • Italian: “Warqa”
  • Japanese: “ウルク”
  • Korean: “에렉”
  • Korean: “에릭”
  • Korean: “우루크”
  • Korean: “우룩”
  • Korean: “우르크”
  • Kurdish: “Uruk”
  • Kurdish: “Urûk”
  • Kurdish: “ئورووک”
  • Latin: “Orchoe”
  • Latin: “Orchoë”
  • Latin: “Uruk”
  • Latvian: “Urūka”
  • Lithuanian: “Urukas”
  • Macedonian: “Урук”
  • Malagasy: “Oroka”
  • Mingrelian: “ურუქი”
  • Newari: “उरुक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Erek”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Unug”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uruk”
  • Norwegian: “Uruk”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Uruk”
  • Persian: “اور وک”
  • Persian: “اوروک”
  • Polish: “Al-Warka”
  • Polish: “Uruk”
  • Portuguese: “Ereque”
  • Portuguese: “Unugue”
  • Portuguese: “Uruk”
  • Portuguese: “Uruque”
  • Romanian: “Uruk”
  • Russian: “Урук”
  • Russian: “Урукский период”
  • Russian: “Эрех”
  • Sardinian: “Uruk”
  • Scots: “Uruk”
  • Serbian: “Uruk”
  • Serbian: “Урук”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kulaba”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Unug”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Uruk”
  • Slovak: “Erech”
  • Slovak: “Uruk”
  • Slovak: “Varka”
  • Slovenian: “Ereh”
  • Slovenian: “Ereš”
  • Slovenian: “Uruk”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوروک”
  • Spanish: “Cultura Uruk”
  • Spanish: “Erech”
  • Spanish: “Uruk”
  • Spanish: “Warka”
  • Swahili: “Uruk”
  • Swedish: “Uruk”
  • Swiss German: “Uruk”
  • Tagalog: “Uruk”
  • Tamil: “உரூக்”
  • Thai: “อูรุก”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Uruk”
  • Turkish: “Uruk”
  • Ukrainian: “Ерех”
  • Ukrainian: “Урук”
  • Vietnamese: “Uruk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Uruk”
  • Wu Chinese: “乌鲁克”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏魯克”
  • Yue Chinese: “烏魯克城”

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