Middle East
Syria
Rif-dimashq Governorate

Al ‘Awāsij

Al ‘Awāsij is a locality in , and has an elevation of 998 metres. Al ‘Awāsij is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahr Barbar and Qura al-Sham.

Locality
Pharpar is a biblical river in Syria. It is the less important of the two rivers of mentioned in the Book of Kings, now generally identified with the Nahr al-Awaj, also called Awaj, although if the reference to Damascus is limited to the city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be the modern Taura. is situated 8 km southeast of Al ‘Awāsij.

Village
Photo: Exmak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Qudsaya District of the . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 1,067 in the 2004 census. Until 2024, the village was known as Qura al-Assad. is situated 10 km northeast of Al ‘Awāsij.

Al ‘Awāsij

Latitude
33.4795° or 33° 28′ 46″ north
Longitude
36.08507° or 36° 5′ 6″ east
Elevation
998 metres (3,274 feet)
Open location code
8G5RF3HP+R2
Geo­Names ID
167928
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In Other Languages

“Al ‘Awāsij” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العواسج”
  • Arabic: “خنيفسة”

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