Salqin
Salqin is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate. Nearby localities include Kafr Takharim to the southeast, Abu Talha to the south, Delbiya to the southwest, al-Alani to the northwest and Isqat to the northeast.
- Type: Town with 23,700 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Salkîne”, “Salqîne”, “Selkin”, and “Silkin”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isqat and Abu Talha.
Isqat
Village
Isqat is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate. Isqat is situated 2½ km northeast of Salqin.
Abu Talha
Village
Abu Talha is a village in northwestern Syria… Abu Talha is situated 4 km southwest of Salqin.
Delbiya
Village
Delbiya is a Syrian village located in Salqin Nahiyah in Harem District, Idlib. Delbiya is situated 5 km west of Salqin.
Salqin
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, and locality
- Location: Idlib Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.13783° or 36° 8′ 16″ north
Longitude
36.45417° or 36° 27′ 15″ east
Population
23,700
Elevation
262 metres (860 feet)
Open location code
8G8R4FQ3+4M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Salqin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سلقين”
- Armenian: “Սալկին”
- Cebuano: “Salqīn”
- Chinese: “沙勒钦”
- Dutch: “Salqin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سلقين”
- French: “Salqin”
- French: “Salqine”
- German: “Salkin”
- Hebrew: “סלקין”
- Japanese: “サルキン”
- Korean: “살킨”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salqin”
- Persian: “سلقین”
- Polish: “Salkin”
- Portuguese: “Salqin”
- Russian: “Салкин”
- Russian: “Салькин”
- Swedish: “Salqin”
- Turkish: “Salkin”
- Urdu: “سلقین”
- Vietnamese: “Salqin”
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