Salkhad
Salkhad is a Syrian city in the Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. It is the capital of Salkhad District, one of the governorate's three districts. It had a population of 9,155 inhabitants in the 2004 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tammam Narsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 9,160 residents
- Description: city in Syria
- Also known as: “Şalākhad”, “Salka”, “Salkas”, “Salkhade”, and “סלקה”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Salkhad Castle.
Salkhad
- Categories: village, populated place in Syria, archaeological site, and locality
- Location: Salkhad District, Suwayda Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.49154° or 32° 29′ 30″ northLongitude
36.71156° or 36° 42′ 42″ eastPopulation
9,160Elevation
1,383 metres (4,537 feet)Open location code
8G4RFPR6+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 573511189OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
164917Wikidata ID
Q24343
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Salkhad from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Salkhad” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σελχα”
- Arabic: “صرخد”
- Arabic: “صلخد”
- Catalan: “Salkhad”
- Cebuano: “Şalkhad”
- Chinese: “塞勒海德”
- Dutch: “Salkhad”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صلخد”
- Finnish: “Salkhad”
- French: “Salâkhed”
- French: “Salkhad”
- Georgian: “სალხადი”
- German: “Salchad”
- Greek: “Σάλχαντ”
- Hebrew: “סלח’ד”
- Hebrew: “סלח׳ד”
- Hebrew: “סַלְכָּה”
- Indonesian: “Salkhad”
- Italian: “Salkhad”
- Japanese: “サルハド”
- Korean: “살카드”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salkhad”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Salkhad”
- Persian: “صلخد”
- Polish: “Salchad”
- Romanian: “Salkhad”
- Russian: “Сальхад”
- Scots: “Salkhad”
- Tajik: “Салхад”
- Ukrainian: “Сальхад”
- Urdu: “صلخد”
- Vietnamese: “Salkhad”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Salkhad”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Uyun and Al-Karbes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Salkhad Old Mosquee and Salkhad Agricuture Department.
Syria: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Damascus, Aleppo, Syrian Desert, and Golan Heights.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Salkhad”. Photo: Tammam Narsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.