Rankous

Rankous or Rankus is a town and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside located in Mount Qalamoun in Syria, 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650 and 2150 m.
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  • Type: Town with 7,720 residents
  • Description: village in Syria
  • Also known as: “Rankus” and “Rannkoûs”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cherubim Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery.

Monastery
Photo: Saleh.photography, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3½ km southwest of Rankous.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saidnaya.

Town
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also transliterated as Saydnaya, Seidnaya or Sednaya, is a city located in the mountains, 1,500 m above sea level, 27 km north of the city of in . is situated 7 km south of Rankous.

Rankous

Latitude
33.75611° or 33° 45′ 22″ north
Longitude
36.39034° or 36° 23′ 25″ east
Population
7,720
Elevation
1,570 metres (5,151 feet)
Open location code
8G5RQ94R+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 567050148
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
165533
Wiki­data ID
Q3419001
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Satellite Map

Discover Rankous from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Rankous” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رنكوس”
  • Cebuano: “Rankūs”
  • Dutch: “Rankus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رنكوس”
  • French: “Rankous”
  • French: “Rankouse”
  • German: “Rankus”
  • Hebrew: “ראנקוס”
  • Hebrew: “רנכוס”
  • Japanese: “ランクース”
  • Korean: “란쿠스”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rankus”
  • Persian: “رنکوس”
  • Polish: “Rankus”
  • Russian: “Ранкус”
  • Spanish: “Rankus”
  • Vietnamese: “Rankous”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include مشفى رنكوس Rankous hospital and An Nabi Quraysh.

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