Qasr Kharana

Qasr al-Harrana, sometimes Qasr Harrana, Qasr al-Haranah, Haraneh, Hraneh, Harana, Qasr al-Kharana or Khauranee, is one of the best-known of the desert castles located in present-day eastern , about 60 kilometres east of and relatively close to the border with .
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  • Ruin
  • …lies at an elevation of 653 metres (2,142 feet)
  • Description: desert castle located in present-day eastern Jordan
  • Also known as
    “Hraneh”
    “Qasr al Harrana”
    “Qaşr al Ḩarrānah”
    “Qaṣr al Kharāna”
    “Qaşr al Kharānah”
    “Qaşr al Kharrānah”
    “Qasr el Kharâna”
    “Qasr el Kherane”

Qasr Kharana

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Latitude
31.72897° or 31° 43′ 44″ north
Longitude
36.46282° or 36° 27′ 46″ east
Open location code
8G3RPFH7+H4
Geo­Names ID
247596
Wiki­data ID
Q537641

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Qasr Kharana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر الحرانة”
  • Arabic: “قصر الخرانة”
  • Arabic: “قصر خرّانة”
  • Basque: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Catalan: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Chinese: “海拉奈堡”
  • Dutch: “Qasr Hraneh”
  • Finnish: “Qasr Kharana”
  • French: “Qasr Kharana”
  • German: “Hraneh”
  • German: “Kharaneh”
  • German: “Qasr al-Harrana”
  • German: “Qasr al-Kharanah”
  • German: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Greek: “Κασρ Καράνα”
  • Hungarian: “Kaszr el-Harrána”
  • Hungarian: “Kaszr Harana”
  • Indonesian: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Italian: “Qasr al-Kharana”
  • Malay: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Polish: “Kasr al-Charana”
  • Portuguese: “Alcácer de Carana”
  • Portuguese: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Russian: “Каср Харана”
  • Slovenian: “Qasr Al-Kharanah”
  • Spanish: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Swedish: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Ukrainian: “Каср Харрана”
  • Urdu: “قصر خرانہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Qasr Kharana”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلعہ قصر خرانہ”

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