Kish
Kish is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate, located 80 km south of Baghdad and 12 km east of the ancient city of Babylon. The Ubaid period site of Ras al-Amiyah is 8 km away.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
- Description: ancient Sumerian city
- Also known as“Tell Uheimir”“تل الأحيمر”“كيشاتو”
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Latitude
32.54001° or 32° 32′ 24″ north
Longitude
44.60446° or 44° 36′ 16″ east
Open location code
8H46GJR3+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Kish” goes by many names.
KisjAfrikaans
ኪሽAmharic
كيشArabic
ՔիշArmenian
Քիշ (Շումեր)Armenian
KishAsturian
KişAzerbaijani
КишBashkir
KishBasque
КішBelarusian
Кіш (Шумер)Belarusian
KishBosnian
КишBulgarian
ကစ်ရှမြို့Burmese
assentament sumeri a l’IraqCatalan
KišCatalan
KixCatalan
KīshCebuano
کیشCentral Kurdish
基什Chinese
КишChuvash
KišCroatian
Kiš (Sumer)Croatian
KishCroatian
KišCzech
KishDanish
KişDimli (individual language)
KišDutch
KishDutch
KisjDutch
كيشEgyptian Arabic
KiŝEsperanto
KisHungarian
KišIndonesian
KishIrish
KishItalian
キシュJapanese
키시Korean
KîşKurdish
KišasLithuanian
ქიშიMingrelian
KisjNorwegian
KisjNorwegian Bokmål
KishOccitan (post 1500)
کیشPersian
KiszPolish
KișRomanian
КишRussian
KishScots
KishSwedish
KishTagalog
Kish (Sumer)Tagalog
Kish (Sumerya)Tagalog
கிஷ், சுமேரியாTamil
KişTurkish
КішUkrainian
KishUzbek
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