Dumat al-Jandal

Dumat al-Jandal, also known as Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf, which refers to , is an ancient city of ruins and the historical capital of the Al Jawf Province, today in northwestern .
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Photo: Halfalah, Public domain.
  • Type: City with 49,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Cevf”, “Dawmat al Jandal”, and “Dumat Al-Jandal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marid Castle.

Castle
Photo: Mojackjutaily, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a historic military fortress located in the city of Dumat al-Jandal in the Al-Jawf region of , about 50 km from Sakaka. Built in the first century AD, it was first mentioned in the third century in the context of Queen Zenobia's campaign against Dumat al-Jandal and 's rebellion, when her troops weren't able to capture the fortress.

Dumat al-Jandal

Latitude
29.80592° or 29° 48′ 21″ north
Longitude
39.86673° or 39° 52′ 0″ east
Population
49,600
Elevation
629 metres (2,064 feet)
Open location code
7GXXRV48+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1236739971
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
400461
Wiki­data ID
Q2719371
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Dumat al-Jandal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الجوف”
  • Arabic: “دومة الجندل”
  • Bengali: “দুমাত আল-জান্দাল”
  • Catalan: “Dumat al-Djandal”
  • Catalan: “Dumat al-Jandal”
  • Catalan: “Dúmat al-Jandal”
  • Catalan: “Dúmat al-Jàndal”
  • Chinese: “杜瑪占達”
  • Chinese: “杜马特·贾达尔”
  • Czech: “Džauf”
  • Dutch: “Dumat Al-Jandal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دومة الجندل”
  • Finnish: “Al Jawf”
  • Finnish: “Al-Jawf”
  • French: “Dawmat al Jandal”
  • French: “Dumat Al-Djandal”
  • French: “Dumat al-Jandal”
  • Georgian: “georgia”
  • German: “Dawmat al Jandal”
  • German: “Dumat al-Jandal”
  • Indonesian: “Dumat al-Jandal”
  • Italian: “Dumat al-Jandal”
  • Japanese: “アドゥンマトゥ”
  • Japanese: “ドゥーマト・アッ＝ジャンダル”
  • Japanese: “ドゥマト・アル＝ジャンダル”
  • Persian: “دومه جندل”
  • Polish: “Daumat al-Dżandal”
  • Russian: “Думат-эд-Джандай”
  • Tagalog: “Dumat Al-Jandal”
  • Turkish: “Dumet-ül Cendel”
  • Turkish: “Dûmetülcendel”
  • Ukrainian: “Думат ад-Джандаль”
  • Urdu: “دومة الجندل”
  • Urdu: “دومہ الجندل”
  • Urdu: “دومۃ الجندل”

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