Carchemish

Carchemish, also spelled Karkemish, was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its history the city was independent, but it was also part of the Mitanni, Hittite and Neo-Assyrian Empires.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 340 metres (1,110 feet)
  • Description: ancient city in Turkey / Syria
  • Also known as
    “Barak”
    “Gargamiš”
    “Kargamiš”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jarabulus and Karkamış.
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is a city administratively belonging to .
is a small border town…
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . is situated 2½ km west of Carchemish.

Carchemish

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Latitude
36.8294° or 36° 49′ 46″ north
Longitude
38.01556° or 38° 0′ 56″ east
Open location code
8G8WR2H8+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183691261
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
309135
Wiki­data ID
Q283680

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Carchemish” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كركميش”
  • Armenian: “Կարքեմիշ”
  • Asturian: “Carquemis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karkemiş”
  • Basque: “Karkemish”
  • Bulgarian: “Каркемиш”
  • Catalan: “Carquemix”
  • Catalan: “Karkemiš”
  • Catalan: “Karkemish”
  • Chinese: “卡尔凯美什”
  • Croatian: “Karkemiš”
  • Czech: “Karchemiš”
  • Dutch: “Karkemish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كركميش”
  • Esperanto: “Karkemiŝ”
  • Finnish: “Karkemiš”
  • French: “Karkemish”
  • Galician: “Karkemish”
  • Georgian: “ქარხემიში”
  • German: “Karkemiš”
  • German: “Karkemisch”
  • Greek: “Καρχεμίς”
  • Hebrew: “כַּרְכְּמִישׁ”
  • Hungarian: “Karkemis”
  • Indonesian: “Karkemis”
  • Indonesian: “Karkhemish”
  • Irish: “Carchemish”
  • Italian: “Karkemiš”
  • Japanese: “カルケミシュ”
  • Kazakh: “Каркамыш”
  • Kazakh: “Каркемиш”
  • Kazakh: “Кархемис”
  • Kazakh: “Кархемиш”
  • Kazakh: “Кархемыш”
  • Korean: “카르케미시”
  • Lithuanian: “Karkemišas”
  • Malagasy: “Karkemisy”
  • Malay: “Karkemis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karkemisj”
  • Norwegian: “Karkemisj”
  • Persian: “کاراکامش”
  • Persian: “کارکمیش”
  • Polish: “Karkemisz”
  • Portuguese: “Carquemis”
  • Portuguese: “Carquemish”
  • Romanian: “Carchemiș”
  • Russian: “Каркемиш”
  • Russian: “Каркемыш”
  • Russian: “Кархемис”
  • Russian: “Кархемиш”
  • Russian: “Кархемыш”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karkemiš”
  • Slovenian: “Karkemiš”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کارکامیش”
  • Spanish: “Karkemish”
  • Swedish: “Karkemisch”
  • Swiss German: “Karkamis”
  • Turkish: “Carchemish”
  • Turkish: “Europos”
  • Turkish: “Kargamış”
  • Turkish: “Karkamış”
  • Turkish: “Karkemiš”
  • Ukrainian: “Каркемиш”
  • Urdu: “کاراکامش”
  • Urdu: “کرکمیش”
  • Uzbek: “Karxemish”
  • Venetian: “Karkemiš”

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