Naqoura
An-Naqoura is a municipality in southern Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has been headquartered in An-Naqoura.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bastian Fischborn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 24,900 residents
- Description: human settlement in Lebanon
- Also known as: “An Nāqūrah”, “An-Naqoura”, “En Nakura”, “En Naqoura”, “En Nāqūra”, “En-Naqourah”, “Enn Nâqoura”, and “Naqura”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rosh Haniqra and Rosh HaNikra Crossing.
Rosh Haniqra
Photo: Israel photo gallery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosh Haniqra is a dazzlingly white coastal rock cliff formation on the far northern coast of Israel, next to the Lebanese border.
Rosh HaNikra Crossing
Border checkpoint
The Rosh HaNikra Crossing, also known as Ras Al Naqoura Crossing, is an international border crossing between Naqoura, Lebanon and Rosh HaNikra, Israel. Rosh HaNikra Crossing is situated 3½ km southwest of Naqoura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosh HaNikra and ʿAlmā ash-Shaʿb.
Rosh HaNikra
Village
Photo: David King, CC BY 2.0.
Rosh HaNikra is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast near the Rosh HaNikra grottoes and the border with Lebanon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,372. Rosh HaNikra is situated 4 km south of Naqoura.
ʿAlmā ash-Shaʿb
Village
Aalma ash-Shaab is a municipality in the Tyre District, in Southern Lebanon. ʿAlmā ash-Shaʿb is situated 5 km east of Naqoura.
Shlomi
Town
Photo: Almog, Public domain.
Shlomi is a town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2023 it had a population of 8,130. Shlomi is situated 5 km south of Naqoura.
Naqoura
- Categories: human settlement, village/town/city in Lebanon, and locality
- Location: South Governorate, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.11827° or 33° 7′ 6″ northLongitude
35.12983° or 35° 7′ 47″ eastPopulation
24,900Elevation
174 metres (571 feet)United Nations Location Code
LB NAQOpen location code
8G5Q449H+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 5037406509OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Naqoura” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الناقورة”
- Belarusian: “Эн-Накура”
- Bengali: “আন-নাকুরা”
- Bengali: “নাকুরা”
- Catalan: “Naqoura”
- Cebuano: “En Nâqoûra”
- Central Kurdish: “ناقوورە”
- Chinese: “纳库拉”
- Danish: “Naqoura”
- Dutch: “Naqoura”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الناقوره”
- French: “Naqoura”
- German: “Naqura”
- Hebrew: “א-נאקורה”
- Hebrew: “נקורה”
- Irish: “Naqoura”
- Italian: “Naqura”
- Japanese: “ナクラ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Naqoura”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Naqoura”
- Norwegian: “Naqoura”
- Persian: “ناقوره”
- Polish: “An-Nakura”
- Russian: “Накура”
- Russian: “Эн-Накура”
- Slovenian: “Nakura”
- Slovenian: “Naqoura”
- Slovenian: “Naqura”
- Spanish: “Naqoura”
- Swedish: “Naqoura”
- Tamil: “நகோரா”
- Turkish: “Nakura”
- Ukrainian: “Ен-Накура”
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Notable Places Nearby
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