Qal’at Najm
Qal’at Najm is a village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria and has about 587 residents. Qal’at Najm is situated nearby to the village Jirn Kabir, as well as near the hamlet Jirn Saghir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Castle
Photo: Hovalp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Qal'at Najm is a castle located on the right bank of the Euphrates, near the town of Manbij in north Syria. The castle probably stood on the site of an earlier Roman site and is known from Arabic texts since the 7th century CE.
Qal’at Najm
- Type: Village with 587 residents
- Also known as: “Kalaat el Nedjim”, “Qal‘at an Najm”, “Qal‘at en Nejm”, “Qal‘at Najm”, “Qal`at Najm”, and “Qalaat Nijm”
- Category: locality
- Location: Aleppo Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.54445° or 36° 32′ 40″ northLongitude
38.25009° or 38° 15′ 0″ eastPopulation
587Elevation
341 metres (1,119 feet)Open location code
8G8WG7V2+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 12368450233OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
166190
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Qal’at Najm” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة نجم”
- French: “Qalaat Nadjm”
- German: “Kalaat Nadschm”
- Russian: “Калат-Наджм”
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