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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Harbaqa Dam
- Type: Ruins
- Description: dam in Syrian Desert
- Categories: ancient Roman dam, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.24655° or 34° 14′ 48″ northLongitude
37.62737° or 37° 37′ 39″ eastElevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)Open location code
8G6V6JWG+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 245366675OpenStreetMap feature
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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