Arqa

Arqa is a Lebanese village near in , , 22 km northeast of , near the coast. The town was a notable city-state during the Iron Age.
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
  • Description: city in Lebanon
  • Also known as
    “‘Arqah”
    “Aarka”
    “Arka”
    “Maţḩanat ad Dulbah”
    “Mathanet ed Delbé”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miniara and Halba.
is a village in , …
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is the capital of in northern Lebanon, close to the border with . is situated 4 km east of Arqa.
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, also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa… is situated 7 km north of Arqa.

Arqa

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Latitude
34.53222° or 34° 31′ 56″ north
Longitude
36.03556° or 36° 2′ 8″ east
Open location code
8G6RG2JP+V6
Geo­Names ID
270850
Wiki­data ID
Q675858

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Arqa” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “አርቃ”
  • Arabic: “عرقة”
  • Asturian: “Arqa”
  • Bulgarian: “Арка”
  • Catalan: “Irqata”
  • Cebuano: “Aarqa”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卡（‘Arqah）”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卡”
  • Chinese: “阿爾卡（‘Arqah）”
  • Danish: “Arqa”
  • Dutch: “Arqa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عرقه”
  • French: “Arqa”
  • Galician: “Irqata”
  • German: “Arqa”
  • Greek: “Άρκα”
  • Hausa: “Arka”
  • Hebrew: “ערקא”
  • Indonesian: “Arqa”
  • Irish: “Arqa”
  • Italian: “‘Arqa”
  • Italian: “Aarqa”
  • Japanese: “アルカ・カエサリア”
  • Japanese: “アルカ（レバノン）”
  • Latin: “Arca Caesarea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arqa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arqa”
  • Norwegian: “Arqa”
  • Persian: “عرقه”
  • Portuguese: “Arca”
  • Portuguese: “Arqa”
  • Russian: “Арка”
  • Spanish: “Arqa”
  • Swedish: “Arqa”
  • Urdu: “عرقی بن کنعان”
  • Western Panjabi: “عرقی بن کنعان”

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