Abila

Abila, distinguished as Abila in the Decapolis, and also known for a time as Seleucia, and Abila Viniferos, was a city in the Decapolis; the site, now referred to as Qweilbeh, occupies two tells, Tell al-Abila and Khirbet Tell Umm al-Amad.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city
  • Also known as: “Abila Quwayliba”, “Khirbat Um el ‘Amad”, “Khirbat Umm al ‘Amad”, “Khirbat Umm al `Amad”, “Kibat Umm al ‘Amad”, “Mint of Abila”, “Queilbeh”, “Quwailiba”, “Quwailibeh”, “Quwayliba”, “Seleukia Abila”, “Tall Abila”, “Tell Abila”, “Ραφάνα”, “حرتا”, and “قويلبة”
  • Historically known as: “Abila” and “Aebura”

Abila

Latitude
32.68202° or 32° 40′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.86841° or 35° 52′ 6″ east
Elevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)
Open location code
8G4QMVJ9+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 696147542
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
246415
Wiki­data ID
Q1314033
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Abila” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄβιλα”
  • Arabic: “حرثا”
  • Catalan: “Abila”
  • Dutch: “Abila”
  • Finnish: “Abila (Dekapolis)”
  • Finnish: “Abila”
  • French: “Abila”
  • French: “Qweilbeh”
  • German: “Abila”
  • Greek: “Άβιλα Δεκαπόλεως”
  • Greek: “Σελεύκεια Δεκαπόλεως”
  • Hebrew: “אבילה”
  • Italian: “Quwaylibah”
  • Latin: “Abila”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abila”
  • Norwegian: “Abila”
  • Persian: “حرثا”
  • Russian: “Авила”
  • Swedish: “Qweilbeh”
  • Tatar: “Абила (Кувайлиба) борынгы каласы”
  • Ukrainian: “Абіла”

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