Tell Brak
Tell Brak was an ancient city in Syria; it is one the earliest known cities in the world. Its remains constitute a tell located in the Upper Khabur region, near the modern village of Tell Brak, 50 kilometers north-east of Al-Hasaka city, Al-Hasakah Governorate.Photo: Zoeperkoe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Archaeological site in Syria
- Also known as: “Nagar”, “Nawar”, “Tall Birak”, “Tell Brāk”, and “Temple of the Eye”
Tell Brak
- Categories: tell, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.66729° or 36° 40′ 2″ northLongitude
41.05861° or 41° 3′ 31″ eastElevation
337 metres (1,106 feet)Open location code
8H83M385+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 232286478OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Tell Brak” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tell Brak”
- Amharic: “ናጋር”
- Arabic: “تل براك”
- Bashkir: “Нагар”
- Bashkir: “Телль-Брак”
- Bashkir: “Тель-Брак”
- Bulgarian: “Тел Брак”
- Catalan: “Tell Brak”
- Cebuano: “Tall Birāk”
- Chinese: “布拉克墟丘”
- Chinese: “特尔布拉克”
- Chinese: “特爾布拉克”
- Czech: “Tell Brak”
- Danish: “Nagar”
- Dutch: “Nagar”
- Dutch: “Tell Brak”
- Finnish: “Tell Brak”
- French: “Nagar”
- French: “Tell Brak”
- German: “Nagar”
- German: “Tell Brak”
- Hebrew: “נגר”
- Hebrew: “נוואר”
- Hebrew: “תל ברק”
- Italian: “Tell Brak”
- Japanese: “テル・ブラク”
- Korean: “나가르”
- Lithuanian: “Nagaras”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tell Brak”
- Persian: “تل براک”
- Polish: “Tell Brak”
- Portuguese: “Tell Brak”
- Russian: “Тель-Брак”
- Slovenian: “Tell Brak”
- South Azerbaijani: “تل براک”
- Spanish: “Nagar”
- Spanish: “Tell Brak”
- Swedish: “Tall Birāk”
- Sylheti: “ꠘꠉꠞ (ꠔꠦꠟ ꠛ꠆ꠞꠇ)”
- Sylheti: “ꠘꠉꠞ”
- Tamil: “டெல் பராக்”
- Turkish: “Tell Brak”
- Urdu: “تل براک”
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