Qasr Burqu’
Qasr Burqu' is a set of ruins and an archaeological site in the badia of eastern Jordan and is the site of one of the earliest of the Umayyad desert castles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Burka”, “Kaṣr Burku‘”, “Qaşr al Burqu‘”, “Qaṣr Burgu”, “Qasr Burqu‘”, “Qaşr Burqu‘”, “Qasr Burqu`”, “Qasr Burquʿ”, and “Qasr el Burqu‘”
Qasr Burqu’
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.60839° or 32° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
37.96221° or 37° 57′ 44″ eastElevation
654 metres (2,146 feet)Open location code
8G4VJX56+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1449540816OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Qasr Burqu’” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر البرقع”
- Arabic: “قصر برقع”
- Bengali: “কাসর বুরকু‘”
- Bengali: “কাসর বুরকু’”
- Chinese: “布尔古城堡”
- German: “Qasr Burquʿ”
- Greek: “Κασρ Μπουρκού”
- Japanese: “カスル・ブルク”
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