Balawat

Balawat is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province. It lies 25 kilometres southeast from the city of and 4 kilometres to the south of the modern Assyrian town of Bakhdida.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village
  • Description: archaeological site in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Balāwāt”, “Bālāwāt”, “Bālāwāt, بالاوات, Balawat, بالاوات”, “Imgur-Enlil”, “Qaryat Tabah”, and “بلاوات / ܣܘܪܝܝܐ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Hamdaniya District and Karamlesh.

Town
Photo: Chaldean, Public domain.
Qaraqosh is a city in the , of located about 32 kilometres southeast of the city of and 60 kilometres west of amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Kalhu and . is situated 6 km northwest of Balawat.

Village
is a town in northern located less than 18 miles south east of . It is surrounded by many hills that along with it made up the historical Assyrian city of Kar-Mullissi, which means "the city of Mullissu" in Akkadian. is situated 9 km north of Balawat.

Balawat

Latitude
36.22204° or 36° 13′ 19″ north
Longitude
43.41455° or 43° 24′ 52″ east
Elevation
261 metres (856 feet)
Open location code
8H856CC7+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2485315427
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
98101
Wiki­data ID
Q1659846
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Balawat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالاوات”
  • Arabic: “بلاوات عدد النفوس 175”
  • Arabic: “بلاوات”
  • Arabic: “قرية تبه”
  • Catalan: “Balawat”
  • Catalan: “Tell Balawat”
  • Central Kurdish: “پلاوات”
  • Chinese: “伊穆尔-恩利尔”
  • Chinese: “伊穆爾-恩利爾”
  • Chinese: “巴拉瓦特”
  • Czech: “Imgur-Enlil”
  • Dutch: “Balawat”
  • Dutch: “Imgur-Enlil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلاوات”
  • Finnish: “Balawat”
  • French: “Balawat”
  • French: “Imgur-Enlil”
  • German: “Balawat”
  • German: “Imgur-Enlil (Balawat)”
  • German: “Imgur-Enlil”
  • Hebrew: “בלאוואת”
  • Irish: “Balawat”
  • Japanese: “バラワット”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balawat”
  • Norwegian: “Balawat”
  • Persian: “بلاوات”
  • Polish: “Balawat”
  • Polish: “Imgur-Enlil”
  • Polish: “Wrota z Balawat”
  • Spanish: “Balawat”
  • Spanish: “Imgur-Enlil”
  • Spanish: “Tell Balawat”
  • Swedish: “Balawat”
  • Turkish: “Balavat”
  • Urdu: “بلاوات”
  • Vietnamese: “Balawat, Muddebihal”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Imgur-Enlil and برج بالوات 610.

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