Iraq
Salah ad Din Governorate
Al-Shirqat District

Al-Shirqat

Al-Shirqat is a town west of the in , , located 294 kilometres northwest of . It is the main town of the , and is near the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of .
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Saladin, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al-Sharqat”, “Ash Sharqat”, “Ash Sharqāţ”, “Ashhar”, “Ashhur”, “Kala Shergat”, “Kalaat Shergat”, “Kalat Sherghat”, “Qal‘a Sharqāt”, “Sharqat”, “Sharqāt”, “Sharqāţ”, “Sharqat - الشرقاط”, “Sharqāt, Sharqat, Shirqat”, and “Shergat”

Al-Shirqat

Latitude
35.51831° or 35° 31′ 6″ north
Longitude
43.23383° or 43° 14′ 2″ east
Elevation
159 metres (522 feet)
Open location code
8H75G69M+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2482644198
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
98624
Wiki­data ID
Q4523051
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Shirqat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الشرقاط”
  • Arabic: “شرقاط”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Շիրկաթ”
  • Asturian: “Al-Shirqat”
  • Central Kurdish: “شەرقات”
  • Dutch: “Al-Shirqat”
  • French: “Al Charkat”
  • French: “Shirqat”
  • German: “Asch-Schirqat”
  • German: “Sharqat”
  • Hebrew: “אל שירקט”
  • Korean: “앗 샤르까뜨”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Shirqat”
  • Persian: “شرقاط”
  • Persian: “صلاح‌الدین”
  • Polish: “Asz-Szarkat”
  • Russian: “Шергат”
  • Russian: “Эш-Шаркат”
  • Ukrainian: “Шергат”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Shirqat”

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