Sarepta
Sarepta was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast between Sidon and Tyre, also known biblically as Zarephath. It became a bishopric, which faded, and remains a double Catholic titular see.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 11,000 residents
- Description: Phoenician city known biblically as Zarephath
- Also known as: “As Sarafand”, “Aş Şarafand”, “Es-Sarafand”, “Sara”, and “Şarafand”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saksakiyeh and Bissariyeh.
Saksakiyeh
Village
As-Saksakiyah is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 61 kilometres from Beirut and 15 kilometres south of Sidon, and covers an area of 2,44 km².
Bissariyeh
Village
Al-Baisariyah is a municipality in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon.
Loubieh
Village
Al-Loubiyah, or Al-Loubieh is a municipality in south Lebanon 62 km from and 20 km south of Sidon, 21 km north of Tyre, area 2.23 km2, altitude 144 m. Al-Loubiyah is also the name for a traditional Lebanese mezze made from green beans, tomatoes, onions, garlic and salt, all sauteed in olive oil. Loubieh is situated 3 km southwest of Sarepta.
Sarepta
- Categories: human settlement, tell, village/town/city in Lebanon, biblical place, and locality
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.44922° or 33° 26′ 57″ northLongitude
35.29769° or 35° 17′ 52″ eastPopulation
11,000Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
8G5QC7XX+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 5022986096OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
278040Wikidata ID
Q616837
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Sarepta” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σάραπτα”
- Arabic: “الصرفند”
- Arabic: “حارة صيدا”
- Arabic: “درب السيم”
- Arabic: “صرفند”
- Arabic: “قعقعية الصنوبر”
- Arabic: “كفرملكي”
- Belarusian: “Сарэпта”
- Catalan: “Sarepta”
- Catalan: “Zarephath”
- Dutch: “Sarafand”
- Dutch: “Sarepta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الصرفند”
- French: “Sarafand”
- French: “Sarepta”
- French: “Sarepte”
- French: “Serepta”
- French: “Tsarfat”
- French: “Zarephath”
- German: “As Sarafand”
- Hebrew: “סרפנד”
- Hebrew: “צרפת”
- Irish: “Sarepta”
- Italian: “Sarepta”
- Japanese: “ザレパテ”
- Korean: “사렙타”
- Latin: “Sarepta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sarepta”
- Norwegian: “Sarepta”
- Persian: “زارپتا”
- Polish: “Sarepta”
- Portuguese: “Sarepta”
- Portuguese: “Zarefate”
- Romanian: “Sarepta”
- Russian: “Сарепта Сидонская”
- Russian: “Сарепта, финикийский город”
- Russian: “Эс-Сарафанд”
- Spanish: “Sarepta”
- Ukrainian: “Сарепта”
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