Al Farkūḩīyah
Al Farkūḩīyah is a locality in Homs Governorate, Syria. Al Farkūḩīyah is situated nearby to the locality Al ‘Āţifīyah, as well as near Al Ḩasībīyah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
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 2½ km southwest of Al Farkūḩīyah.
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.
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 7 km north of Al Farkūḩīyah.
Al Farkūḩīyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Farkuhiyah”
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.45198° or 34° 27′ 7″ northLongitude
36.56486° or 36° 33′ 54″ eastElevation
533 metres (1,749 feet)Open location code
8G6RFH27+QWGeoNames ID
11431135
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In Other Languages
“Al Farkūḩīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الفركوحية”
Localities in the Area
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