Mashta al-Helu
Mashta al-Helou is a town and resort in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Tartus Governorate, located 35 kilometers east of Tartus. Mashta al-Helou is situated in a verdant area on the eastern slopes of the an-Nusayriyah Mountains, the Syrian coastal mountain range, close to where the mountain give way to the basaltic plateaur of Jabal al-Helou.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Machta Heilou”, “Machta Hélou”, “Mashta al Hulw”, and “Mashtá al Ḩulw”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hosn Suleiman.
Hosn Suleiman
Village
Hosn Suleiman, a Syrian village, is found on the slope of the Al-Nabi Saleh mountain at an altitude 950 m, at a distance of 20 km from Duraykish and 56 km from Tartous. Hosn Suleiman is situated 6 km north of Mashta al-Helu.
Mashta al-Helu
- Categories: village and populated place in Syria
- Location: Tartus Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.87462° or 34° 52′ 29″ north
Longitude
36.25099° or 36° 15′ 4″ east
Elevation
502 metres (1,647 feet)
Open location code
8G6RV7F2+R9
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Mashta al-Helu” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مشتى الحلو”
- Armenian: “Մաշթա ալ-Հալու”
- Dutch: “Mashta Al Helou”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مشتى الحلو”
- French: “Mashta al Helou”
- German: “Mashta Al Helou”
- German: “Mashta al hillu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mashta al-Helu”
- Persian: “مشتى الحلو”
- Persian: “مشتی الحلو”
- Polish: “Maszta al-Hulw”
- Russian: “Мешта-эль-Хелу”
- Ukrainian: “Машта-аль-Халю”
- Vietnamese: “Mashta al-Helu”
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