Harbaqa Dam
The Harbaqa Dam or Kharbaqa Dam was a Roman era Palmyrene gravity dam in the Syrian Desert about 70 kilometres southwest from Palmyra on the road to Damascus.- Ruins
- …lies at an elevation of 692 metres (2,270 feet)
- Description: dam in Syrian Desert
Harbaqa Dam
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Latitude
34.24655° or 34° 14′ 48″ north
Longitude
37.62737° or 37° 37′ 39″ east
Open location code
8G6V6JWG+JW
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historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Harbaqa Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد خربقة”
- Cebuano: “Harbaqa Dam”
- Esperanto: “Akvobaraĵo Harbaka”
- German: “Harbaqa-Staudamm”
- German: “Harbaqa-Staumauer”
- German: “Staudamm von Harbaqa”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Harbaqa”
- Persian: “سد حربقه”
- Swedish: “Harbaqa Dam”
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