Zawr Maghar
Zawr Maghar is a village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Zawr Maghar is situated nearby to the village Bayadiyah, as well as near Az Ziyarah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carchemish and Karkamış Dam.
Carchemish
Photo: JoJan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Carchemish, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires.
Karkamış Dam
Dam
Karkamış Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey. It is on the Euphrates River. The foundation of the dam was laid in 1996, and is 4.5 kilometres from the Syria border. Karkamış Dam is situated 4 km north of Zawr Maghar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jarabulus and Karkamış.
Jarabulus
Town
Jarabulus is a Syrian city administratively belonging to Aleppo Governorate. Jarabulus lies on the western bank of the Euphrates and north of Lake Assad, just south of the Syria–Turkey border and the Turkish town of Karkamış. Jarabulus is situated 3 km southwest of Zawr Maghar.
Karkamış
Karkamış is a small border town in Southeastern Anatolia, noted for being the site of the ancient city of Carchemish.Yarımca
Village
Yarımca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karkamış, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 61 in 2022 and is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe. Yarımca is situated 4 km west of Zawr Maghar.
Zawr Maghar
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Kor Mixar”, “Maghāra”, “Maghārah”, “Mexara”, “Zawr Maghār”, “Zawr Maghārah”, “Zor Maghāra”, “Zor Marhâ”, “Zor Marhâr”, and “Zor Mexar”
- Category: locality
- Location: Aleppo Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.83454° or 36° 50′ 4″ northLongitude
38.03449° or 38° 2′ 4″ eastElevation
341 metres (1,119 feet)Open location code
8G8WR2MM+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4033376057OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
162477
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Zawr Maghar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “زور مغار”
- Arabic: “مغارة”
- French: “Zawr Maghar”
- German: “Zawr Maghar”
- Kurdish: “Kor Mighar”
- Kurdish: “Kur Mighar”
- Kurdish: “Zormixar”
- Kurdish: “كور مغار”
- Kurdish: “كۆر مخار”
- Kurdish: “كۆر مغار”
- Russian: “Зор-Магар”
- Russian: “Зор-Мгар”
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