Arqa
Arqa is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast. The town was a notable city-state during the Iron Age.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: city in Lebanon
- Also known as: “‘Arqā”, “‘Arqah”, “Aarka”, “Arka”, “Maţḩanat ad Dulbah”, “Mathanet ed Delbe”, and “Mathanet ed Delbé”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miniara and Halba.
Miniara
Village
Miniara is a village in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. The population is between 7,000 and 10,000.
Halba
Town
Photo: Amjliban, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Halba is the capital of Akkar Governorate in northern Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. It is located at around. Its population is divided between Sunni Muslims, Greek Orthodox, Maronites, and followers of other religions. Halba is situated 4 km east of Arqa.
Hisah
Village
Hisah, also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites and Sunni Muslims. Hisah is situated 7 km north of Arqa.
Arqa
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Arqa” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አርቃ”
- Arabic: “عرقة”
- 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: “’Arqa”
- Italian: “Aarqa”
- Japanese: “アルカ (レバノン)”
- 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، لبنان”
- Persian: “عرقه”
- Portuguese: “Arqa”
- Russian: “Арка”
- Spanish: “Arqa”
- Swedish: “Arqa”
- Urdu: “عرقی بن کنعان”
- Western Panjabi: “عرقی بن کنعان”
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