Tall Şafr
Tall Şafr is a hill in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria and has an elevation of 377 metres. Tall Şafr is situated nearby to the village Tell Halaf, as well as near the locality Tall Ḩalaf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gozana.
Gozana
Archaeological site
Susiana or Zazana, Zazannu was an ancient Mesopotamian city or town located by the Euphrates river. Gozana is situated 3 km northeast of Tall Şafr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tell Halaf and Ceylanpınar.
Tell Halaf
Village
Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE, was the first to be excavated from a Neolithic culture, later called the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs. Tell Halaf is situated 2½ km northeast of Tall Şafr.
Ceylanpınar
Town
Ceylanpınar is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,589 km2, and its population is 90,440. On the border with Syria, it is reached by a long straight road D.905 across the plain south from Viranşehir. Ceylanpınar is situated 5 km northeast of Tall Şafr.
Ras al-Ayn
Town
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Ras al-Ayn, also spelled Ras al-Ain, is a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the Syria–Turkey border. One of the oldest cities in Upper Mesopotamia, the area of Ras al-Ayn has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic age. Ras al-Ayn is situated 7 km northeast of Tall Şafr.
Tall Şafr
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 377 metres
- Also known as: “Tall Safr”
- Category: landform
- Location: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.80476° or 36° 48′ 17″ northLongitude
40.02223° or 40° 1′ 20″ eastElevation
377 metres (1,237 feet)Open location code
8H82R23C+WVGeoNames ID
165041
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Tall Şafr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل صفر”
- Turkish: “Tall aş Şafrā’”
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