Kessab

Kessab, also spelled Kesab or Kasab, is a town in northwestern , administratively part of the , located 59 kilometers north of .
  • Town with about 1,500 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 800 metres (2,620 feet)
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as
    “Kasab”
    “Kesab”
    “Kiseb”
    “Qasab”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jebel Aqra and Barlum Monastery.
is a limestone mountain located on the… is situated 3½ km northwest of Kessab.
Monastery of Saint Barlaam is a 10th-century Georgian…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bezge and Yayladağı.
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . is situated 5 km northeast of Kessab.
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, formerly Ordu, is a municipality and district of , . is situated 7 km east of Kessab.
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Latitude
35.92708° or 35° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
35.98895° or 35° 59′ 20″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Kessab” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كسب”
  • Armenian: “Քեսաբ”
  • Basque: “Kesab”
  • Bulgarian: “Кесаб”
  • Cebuano: “Kassab”
  • Chinese: “凯萨布”
  • Chinese: “凱莎柏”
  • Dutch: “Kesab”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كسب”
  • Esperanto: “Kesabo”
  • Finnish: “Kasab”
  • French: “Kasab”
  • French: “Kassab”
  • French: “Kessab”
  • Georgian: “ქესაბი”
  • German: “Kasab”
  • German: “Kessab”
  • Greek: “Κεσάμπ”
  • Hebrew: “כסב”
  • Hungarian: “Kesab”
  • Interlingua: “Kessab”
  • Italian: “Kessab”
  • Japanese: “カサブ”
  • Japanese: “現シリア領のKesab”
  • Korean: “카사브”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kesab”
  • Persian: “کسب”
  • Polish: “Kassab”
  • Russian: “Касаб”
  • Russian: “Кассаб”
  • Russian: “Кесаб”
  • Russian: “Кессаб”
  • Scots: “Kesab”
  • Turkish: “Keseb”
  • Urdu: “کسب”
  • Western Armenian: “Քեսապ”

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