Al Waleed Border Crossing
Al-Waleed border crossing is one of three official border crossings between Iraq and Syria. It is located in the Ar-Rutba District of the Al-Anbar Governorate in western Iraq, close to the northeasternmost point of Jordan in the Syrian Desert.- Type: Border post
- Description: Western Iraq border crossing near Syria
- Also known as: “Al Waleed border crossing”, “Al Walīd Border Crossing”, “al-Tanf”, “al-Waleed Border Crossing”, “al-Walid”, “Manfadh al Walīd al Ḩudūdī”, “Аль-Валід прикордонний перехід”, and “معبر الوليد الحدودي”
Al Waleed Border Crossing
- Categories: border crossing and border checkpoint
- Location: Al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.43463° or 33° 26′ 5″ north
Longitude
38.92061° or 38° 55′ 14″ east
Elevation
722 metres (2,369 feet)
Open location code
8G5WCWMC+V6
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Al Waleed Border Crossing” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منفذ الوليد الحدودي”
- Central Kurdish: “دەروازەی سنووریی ئەلوەلید”
- Chinese: “坦夫边境口岸”
- German: “Grenzübergang al-Walid”
- Hebrew: “אל ואליד”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grenseovergangen al-Walid”
- Norwegian: “Grenseovergangen al-Walid”
- Persian: “گذرگاه مرزی الولید”
- Polish: “Przejście graniczne At-Tanf”
- Russian: “пограничный переход Аль-Валид”
- Spanish: “Paso fronterizo de Al Waleed”
- Ukrainian: “прикордонний перехід Аль-Валід”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Al Walid and Tanf.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Jāmi‘ aş Şādiq and Şafī ad Dīn al Ḩillī.
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