Al-Rastan

Al-Rastan is the third largest city in the , located 25 kilometers north of its administrative capital and 22 kilometers from .
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  • Town with about 39,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 430 metres (1,410 feet)
  • Description: city in Syria
  • Also known as
    “Ar-Rastan”
    “Arethousa”
    “Arethus”
    “El Rastane”
    “Er Rastan”
    “Rastâne”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Rastan Dam.
الرستن الرستن, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an embankment dam on the…

Al-Rastan

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Latitude
34.9271° or 34° 55′ 38″ north
Longitude
36.7324° or 36° 43′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G6RWPGJ+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 192326308
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
172946
Wiki­data ID
Q1867822

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Al-Rastan” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀρέθουσα”
  • Arabic: “الرستن”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Ռասթան”
  • Asturian: “Al-Rastan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ər-Rəstən”
  • Catalan: “Al-Rastan”
  • Catalan: “ar-Ràstan”
  • Cebuano: “Ar Rastan”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلڕەستەن”
  • Chinese: “拉斯坦”
  • Czech: “ar-Rastan”
  • Czech: “Rastán”
  • Dutch: “Ar-Rastan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الرستن”
  • Esperanto: “Rastan”
  • French: “Rastane”
  • Georgian: “ელ-რასთანი”
  • German: “ar-Rastan”
  • German: “Rastan”
  • Greek: “Αρέθουσα Συρίας”
  • Hebrew: “א-רסתן”
  • Italian: “Al-Rastan”
  • Japanese: “アッ゠ラスタン”
  • Korean: “아라스탄”
  • Latin: “Arethusa”
  • Mazanderani: “الرستن”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Rastan”
  • Persian: “الرستن”
  • Polish: “Ar-Rastan”
  • Portuguese: “Arrastã”
  • Russian: “Ар-Растан”
  • Russian: “Эр-Растан”
  • Scots: “Al-Rastan”
  • Serbian: “Аретуса Сиријска”
  • Silesian: “Ar-Rastan”
  • Spanish: “Rastán”
  • Swedish: “al-Rastan”
  • Swedish: “Ar-Rastan”
  • Turkish: “Er-Resten”
  • Ukrainian: “Ар-Растан”
  • Ukrainian: “Ер-Растан”
  • Urdu: “الرستن”

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Notable Places Nearby

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