Middle East
Syria
As-Suwayda Governorate

Shahba

Shahba is a city located 87 km south of in the in of , but formerly in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea.
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  • Type: Town with 13,700 residents
  • Description: Historical City in Syria
  • Also known as: “Philippopolis in Arabia”, “Phillipopolis”, “Philppopolis”, “Shaba”, “Shahaba”, “Shahbā’”, “Shahbah”, and “فيليبوبوليس”

Shahba

Latitude
32.85306° or 32° 51′ 11″ north
Longitude
36.62933° or 36° 37′ 46″ east
Population
13,700
Elevation
1,085 metres (3,560 feet)
Open location code
8G4RVJ3H+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567054683
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
164626
Wiki­data ID
Q926336
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Welsh—“Shahba” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Φιλιππόπολις”
  • Arabic: “شهبا”
  • Arabic: “فيليبوبولس”
  • Armenian: “Շահբա”
  • Breton: “Shabaa”
  • Breton: “Shahba”
  • Bulgarian: “Шахба”
  • Catalan: “Chahba”
  • Catalan: “Shahba”
  • Catalan: “Shuhba”
  • Catalan: “Xahba”
  • Cebuano: “Shahbā”
  • Chinese: “舍赫巴”
  • Danish: “Shahba”
  • Dutch: “Shahba”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شهبا”
  • French: “Chahba”
  • French: “Shahba”
  • Georgian: “შაჰბა”
  • German: “Schahba”
  • Greek: “Σάχμπα”
  • Hebrew: “שאבה”
  • Hebrew: “שהבא”
  • Hungarian: “Sahba”
  • Italian: “Shahba”
  • Japanese: “シャハバ”
  • Japanese: “シャフバー”
  • Japanese: “シャヘバ”
  • Korean: “샤흐바”
  • Kurdish: “Şehba”
  • Latin: “Philippopolis”
  • Lithuanian: “Šahba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shahba”
  • Persian: “شهبا”
  • Persian: “فیلیپوپولیس”
  • Polish: “Szahba”
  • Romanian: “Shahba”
  • Russian: “Шахба”
  • Scots: “Shahba”
  • Serbian: “Шахба”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šahba”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shahba”
  • Spanish: “Philippopolis”
  • Spanish: “Shahba”
  • Swedish: “Shahbā”
  • Turkish: “Shahba”
  • Ukrainian: “Шагба”
  • Ukrainian: “Шахба”
  • Urdu: “شہبا”
  • Welsh: “Shahba”

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