Jebel Barkal
Jebel Barkal or Gebel Barkal is a mesa located 400 km north of Khartoum, next to Karima in Northern State in Sudan, and near the Nile River in Nubia. The Jebel is 104 meters tall, has a flat top, and came to have religious significance for both ancient Kush and ancient Egyptian occupiers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karima and Merowe.
Merowe
Merowe is a town in Northern State, Sudan, near Karima Town, about 330 kilometres north of Khartoum.
Jebel Barkal
- Hill rising to 253 metres (830 feet)
- Description: mountain
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Latitude
18.53333° or 18° 32′ north
Longitude
31.83333° or 31° 50′ east
Open location code
7GCHGRMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Jebel Barkal” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Djebel Barkal”
- Arabic: “جبل البركل”
- Arabic: “جبل بركل”
- Asturian: “Gebel Barkal”
- Azerbaijani: “Cəbəl-Barkal”
- Bashkir: “Гебель-Баркал”
- Bashkir: “Джебель-Баркал”
- Basque: “Gebel Barkal”
- Belarusian: “Джэбель-Баркал”
- Bengali: “জেবেল বরকল”
- Bulgarian: “Джебел Баркал”
- Catalan: “Djebel Barkal”
- Catalan: “Gebel Barkal”
- Chinese: “博尔戈尔山”
- Chinese: “博爾戈爾山”
- Croatian: “Barkal”
- Croatian: “Gebel Barkal”
- Croatian: “Jebel Barkal”
- Danish: “Gebel Barkal”
- Dutch: “Djebel Barkal”
- Dutch: “Gebel Barkal”
- Dutch: “Jebel Barkal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل البركل”
- Finnish: “Gebel Barkal”
- French: “Djebel Barkal”
- French: “Gebel Barkal”
- Galician: “Gebel Barkal”
- Georgian: “ჯებელ ბარკალი”
- Georgian: “ჯებელ-ბარკალი”
- German: “Barkal”
- German: “Dschabal al-Barkal”
- German: “Dschabal Barkal”
- German: “Gebel Barkal”
- German: “Jabal Barkal”
- German: “Jebel Barkal”
- Greek: “Γκεμπέλ Μπαρκάλ”
- Greek: “Τζεμπέλ Μπαρκάλ”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל ברכל ואתרי אזור נפת”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל ברקל ואתרי אזור נפאטה”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל ברקל”
- Hebrew: “נפאטה”
- Icelandic: “Barkalfjall”
- Icelandic: “Jebel Barkal”
- Indonesian: “Jebel Barkal”
- Italian: “Gebel Barkal”
- Italian: “Jabal Barkal”
- Italian: “Jebel Barkal”
- Japanese: “ゲベル・バルカル”
- Japanese: “ゲベル・バルカルとナパタ地域の遺跡群”
- Korean: “게벨 바르칼”
- Kotava: “Jebel Barkal”
- Ladin: “Jebel Barkal”
- Latvian: “Barkals”
- Lithuanian: “Džebel Barkalis”
- Macedonian: “Џабел Баркал”
- Maltese: “Gebel Barkal”
- Maltese: “Ġebel Barkal”
- Maltese: “Jebel Barkal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gebel Barkal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jebel Barkal”
- Norwegian: “Gebel Barkal”
- Persian: “کوه بارکال”
- Portuguese: “Gebel Barkal”
- Portuguese: “Jebel Barcal”
- Portuguese: “Jebel Barkal”
- Russian: “Гебель-Баркал”
- Russian: “Джебель-Баркал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Barkal”
- Slovenian: “Džebel Barkal”
- Spanish: “Djebel Barkal”
- Spanish: “Gebel Barkal”
- Spanish: “Yábal Barkal”
- Spanish: “Yebel Barkal”
- Swedish: “Gebel Barkal och platser i Napatanregionen”
- Swedish: “Gebel Barkal”
- Turkish: “Gebel Barkal”
- Ukrainian: “Джебель-Баркал”
- Urdu: “جبل برکل”
- Venetian: “Gebel Barkal”
- Vietnamese: “Gebel Barkal”
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