Ruqqad
The Ruqqad is a wadi flowing in south-west Syria. It flows into the Yarmouk River, of which it is one of the main tributaries, and forms the topographical eastern boundary of the Golan Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: wadi in the Golan Heights
- Also known as: “Masīl Wādī ar Ruqqād”, “Nahr er Rukhad”, “Nahr er Ruqqād”, “Nahr Raqqâd”, “Ouâdi el Raqqâd”, “Ruqqad Stream”, “Wadi Rukhad”, and “Wādī Ruqqād”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meitsar and Afik.
Meitsar
Village
Metzar is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the southern Golan Heights. The settlement was established as a kibbutz after Israel occupied the area in the Six Day War in 1967. Meitsar is situated 3½ km northwest of Ruqqad.
Afik
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Afik is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the Golan Heights. It was established in 1972 close to the abandoned Syrian village of Fiq following Israel's capture and occupation of the Golan Heights in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Afik is situated 6 km northwest of Ruqqad.
Eliad
Village
Eli-ad is an Israeli settlement organized as a moshav in the southern Golan Heights. It falls under the jurisdiction of Golan Regional Council and in 2023 had a population of 602. Eliad is situated 7 km north of Ruqqad.
Ruqqad
- Categories: wadi and body of water
- Location: Quneitra Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ruqqad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسيل وادي الرقاد”
- Arabic: “وادي الرقاد”
- Arabic: “وادي رقاد”
- Cebuano: “Wādī ar Ruqqād”
- Czech: “Nachal Rakad”
- Czech: “Nahal Rakad”
- Dutch: “Wādī ar Ruqqād”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وادى الرقاد”
- Greek: “Ρακάντ”
- Hebrew: “נחל א-רקד”
- Hebrew: “נחל רוקאד”
- Hebrew: “נחל רוקד”
- Hebrew: “נחל רקד”
- Hebrew: “רוקאד”
- Indonesian: “Raqqad”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Raqqad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ruqqad”
- Romanian: “Ruqqad”
- Russian: “Пересыхающая река Эр-Руккад”
- Russian: “Эр-Руккад”
- Spanish: “Wadi Ruqqad”
- Swedish: “Wādī ar Ruqqād”
Localities in the Area
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