Burj Rahal
Burj Rahal is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon.- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “Borj Rahal”, “Borj Rahhal”, “Borj Rahhâl”, “BOURJRAHAL”, “Burj Rahhal”, and “Burj Raḩḩāl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb.
Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb
Archaeological site
The Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is a historic temple in the hinterland of Tyre, Southern Lebanon, that was excavated in three stages. In 1946, Maurice Chehab, head of Lebanon's Directorate General of Antiquities, led the first mission that revealed a Hellenistic period temple and thousands of clay figurines dating from the sixth-to-first centuries BC. Phoenician sanctuary of Kharayeb is situated 4 km north of Burj Rahal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Aabbassiyah and Bedias.
Toura
Village
Toura is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located 9 kilometres northeast of Tyre. Toura is situated 2½ km southeast of Burj Rahal.
Burj Rahal
- Categories: human settlement, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.31095° or 33° 18′ 39″ northLongitude
35.27986° or 35° 16′ 48″ eastElevation
136 metres (446 feet)Open location code
8G5Q876H+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 6222590893OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Burj Rahal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج رحال”
- Dutch: “Borj Rahhal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج رحال”
- French: “Borj Rahhal”
- French: “Bourj Rahal”
- Hebrew: “בורג‘ רחאל”
- Hebrew: “בורג’ רחאל”
- Italian: “Borj Rahhal”
- Persian: “برج رحال”
- Russian: “Бурдж Раххал”
- Spanish: “Borj Rahal”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ain Abou Abdallah and Arzai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirza Jalal and Khirbet al-Mahalib.
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