Riblah

The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan.
Wikipedia
  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 530 metres (1,740 feet)
  • Description: Ancient town, now in Syria
  • Also known as
    “Khirbah”
    “Rabla”
    “Rablah”
    “Rablé”
    “Rableh”
    “Rablih”
    “Ribla”
    “Rible”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zira’a and Al-Qusayr.
Zira'a is a village in central , administratively… is situated 3½ km northeast of Riblah.
is a city in western , administratively part of the . is situated 9 km north of Riblah.

Riblah

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Latitude
34.43215° or 34° 25′ 56″ north
Longitude
36.54914° or 36° 32′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G6RCGJX+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5285397461
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
165323
Wiki­data ID
Q7322376

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Riblah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خربة”
  • Arabic: “ربلة”
  • Chinese: “利比拉”
  • French: “Riblah”
  • German: “Ribla”
  • Hebrew: “רבלה”
  • Indonesian: “Riblah”
  • Italian: “Riblah”
  • Korean: “리블라”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ribla”
  • Norwegian: “Ribla”
  • Romanian: “Ribla”
  • Russian: “Рибла”
  • Russian: “Ривла”

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