Al Nabek

An-Nabek or Al-Nabek is a city administratively belonging to Rif Dimashq and the capital of the Qalamoun. It is located 81 kilometers north of Damascus and south of and has an altitude of 1,255 meters.
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  • Type: Town with 32,500 residents
  • Description: place in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
  • Also known as: Al-Nabek”, “An-Nabek”, “An-Nabk”, “En Nebk”, “Kalamom”, “Nabak”, “Nabaq”, “Nabek”, “Nébeck”, “Nebek”, and “Nebk

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deir Atiyah and Yabroud.

Town
or Dayr Atiyah is a town in , located between the Qalamoun Mountains and the Eastern Lebanon Mountains Series, 88 kilometres north of the capital and on the road to the city of . is situated 8 km north of Al Nabek.

Town
or Yabrud is a city in , located in the governorate about 80 kilometres north of the capital . According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, had a population of 25,891 in the 2004 census. is situated 9 km southwest of Al Nabek.

Al Nabek

Latitude
34.02342° or 34° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
36.7335° or 36° 44′ 1″ east
Population
32,500
Elevation
1,272 metres (4,173 feet)
Open location code
8G6R2PFM+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 573522005
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
173193
Wiki­data ID
Q2317068
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Al Nabek” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: النبك
  • Armenian: Ալ-Նաբք
  • Asturian: Al-Nabek
  • Cebuano: An Nabk
  • Central Kurdish: ئەلنەبک
  • Chinese: 奈卜克
  • Dutch: An-Nabk
  • Egyptian Arabic: النبك
  • French: An-Nabk
  • Georgian: ელ-ნაბქი
  • German: an-Nabk
  • German: An-Nabk
  • Greek: Αλ-Ναμπέκ
  • Greek: Αν-Ναμπκ
  • Hebrew: א-נבך
  • Hebrew: אל-נאבק
  • Japanese: アッ゠ナブク
  • Korean: 아나브크
  • Mazanderani: النبک
  • Norwegian Bokmål: An-Nabk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: An-Nabk
  • Norwegian: An-Nabk
  • Persian: النبک
  • Polish: An-Nabk
  • Russian: Ан-Набк
  • Russian: Эн-Набк
  • Russian: Эн-Небк
  • Scots: An-Nabk
  • Spanish: An-Nabk
  • Swedish: An Nabk
  • Urdu: النبک
  • Vietnamese: Al-Nabek

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al Khuder Masjed and Al Nabek Cemetery 1.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Al Nabek”. Photo: Franco Pecchio, CC BY 2.0.