Kharāb Jūsīyah
Kharāb Jūsīyah is a ruin in Homs Governorate, Syria. Kharāb Jūsīyah is situated nearby to the village Zira’a.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Riblah.
Riblah
Archaeological site
The ancient town of Riblah, today a tell covered by a cemetery not far from the town of Ribleh on the Syrian side of the border with Lebanon, was in biblical times located on the northern frontier of the land of Canaan. Riblah is situated 2 km west of Kharāb Jūsīyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zira’a and Al-Qusayr.
Zira’a
Village
Zira'a is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Situated on a hill just east of the Orontes River, nearby localities include Rableh to the immediate southwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Jandar to the northeast and Hisyah to the southeast. Zira’a is situated 2½ km north of Kharāb Jūsīyah.
Al-Qusayr
Town
Al-Qusayr is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about 35 kilometers south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometres to the southwest. Al-Qusayr is situated 9 km north of Kharāb Jūsīyah.
Kharāb Jūsīyah
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Kharab Jusiyah”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.43226° or 34° 25′ 56″ northLongitude
36.57087° or 36° 34′ 15″ eastElevation
547 metres (1,795 feet)Open location code
8G6RCHJC+W8GeoNames ID
11431129
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In Other Languages
“Kharāb Jūsīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خراب جوسية”
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