Al-Qaryatayn

Al-Qaryatayn, also spelled Karyatayn, Qaratin or Cariatein, is a town in central , administratively part of the located southeast of .
  • Town with about 37,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 750 metres (2,470 feet)
  • Description: city in Syria
  • Also known as
    “Al-Qaryatain”
    “Al-Qaryatayn, Homs”
    “El Qaryatein”
    “Kariatein”
    “Kariateine”
    “Karyatein”
    “Kuriatein”
    “Kuryatein”
    “Nezala”
    “Qariateïne”
    “Qaryatayn”
    “Quraytayn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of St. Elian.
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Latitude
34.22889° or 34° 13′ 44″ north
Longitude
37.2383° or 37° 14′ 18″ east
Open location code
8G6V66HQ+H8
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Al-Qaryatayn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القريتين”
  • Arabic: “قريتين”
  • Armenian: “ալ-Կարյաթեյն”
  • Asturian: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • Catalan: “al-Qaryatain”
  • Cebuano: “Al Qaryatayn”
  • Central Kurdish: “قەریەتەین”
  • Chinese: “盖尔亚廷”
  • Czech: “Karajtín”
  • Dutch: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القريتين”
  • Finnish: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • French: “Al-Qariataine”
  • French: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • French: “Quayatein” (historical)
  • German: “Al-Karjatain”
  • German: “al-Karjatein”
  • German: “Al-Qaryatain”
  • German: “Karjatain”
  • Hebrew: “אל-קריתין”
  • Indonesian: “Al Qaryatain”
  • Italian: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • Italian: “Cariatein”
  • Italian: “Karyatayn”
  • Italian: “Qaratin”
  • Japanese: “アル゠カリャタイン”
  • Japanese: “カルヤタイン”
  • Kabyle: “Qariten”
  • Korean: “알카랴타인”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܪܝܬܝܢ”
  • Persian: “القریتین”
  • Polish: “Al-Karjatajn”
  • Russian: “Аль-Карятайн”
  • Russian: “Эль-Карьятайн”
  • Russian: “Эль-Карьятейн”
  • Spanish: “Al-Qaryatayn”
  • Swedish: “Al Qaryatayn”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Al-Qaryatayn”.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include National Hospital in Al-Qaryatayn and Church of Saint Elian.

Syria: Highlights

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