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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city
- Also known as: “Abila Quwayliba”, “Khirbat Um el ‘Amad”, “Khirbat Umm al ‘Amad”, “Khirbat Umm al `Amad”, and “Kibat Umm al ‘Amad”
- Historically known as: “Abila” and “Aebura”
Abila
- Categories: ancient city, village in Jordan, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.68202° or 32° 40′ 55″ northLongitude
35.86841° or 35° 52′ 6″ eastElevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)Open location code
8G4QMVJ9+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 696147542OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Abila” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄβιλα”
- Arabic: “حرتا”
- Arabic: “حرثا”
- Arabic: “قويلبة”
- Catalan: “Abila”
- Dutch: “Abila”
- Finnish: “Abila (Dekapolis)”
- Finnish: “Abila”
- French: “Abila”
- French: “Queilbeh”
- French: “Quwayliba”
- French: “Qweilbeh”
- German: “Abila”
- German: “Quwailiba”
- German: “Quwailibeh”
- German: “Seleukia Abila”
- German: “Tall Abila”
- German: “Tell Abila”
- Greek: “Άβιλα Δεκαπόλεως”
- Greek: “Ραφάνα”
- Greek: “Σελεύκεια Δεκαπόλεως”
- Hebrew: “אבילה”
- Italian: “Abila”
- Italian: “Quwaylibah”
- Latin: “Abila”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abila”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qweilbeh”
- Norwegian: “Abila”
- Persian: “حرثا”
- Russian: “Авила”
- Swedish: “Abila”
- Swedish: “Quwayliba”
- Swedish: “Qweilbeh”
- Tatar: “Абила (Кувайлиба) борынгы каласы”
- Ukrainian: “Абіла”
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