Āyat al Kursī
Āyat al Kursī is a mountain in Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria and has an elevation of 1,606 metres. Āyat al Kursī is situated nearby to the town Madaya, as well as near the locality Hurayrah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buqein and Al-Zabadani.
Buqein
Village
Baqin or Buqayn is a Syrian village in the Al-Zabadani District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Baqin had a population of 1,866 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
Al-Zabadani
Town
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Al-Zabadani or Az-Zabadani is a city in southwestern Syria in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, close to the border with Lebanon. It is located in the center of a green valley surrounded by high mountains at an elevation of around 1,100 m. Al-Zabadani is situated 5 km north of Āyat al Kursī.
Bloudan
Village
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Bloudan is a Syrian village located 51 kilometers north-west of Damascus, in the Rif Dimashq Governorate; it has an altitude of about 1500 meters. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics it had a population of 3,101. Bloudan is situated 5 km north of Āyat al Kursī.
Āyat al Kursī
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,606 metres
- Also known as: “Ayat al Kursi”, “Qal‘at al Kursī”, and “Qalaat el Koursi”
- Category: landform
- Location: Rif-dimashq Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.68135° or 33° 40′ 53″ northLongitude
36.10564° or 36° 6′ 20″ eastElevation
1,606 metres (5,269 feet)Open location code
8G5RM4J4+G7GeoNames ID
166228
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In Other Languages
“Āyat al Kursī” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آية الكرسي”
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