Mount Simeon
Mount Simeon or Mount Simon, also called Mount Laylūn, is a highland region in Aleppo Governorate in northern Syria. The mountain is located in the Mount Simeon and Aʻzāz districts of Aleppo Governorate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 876 metres
- Description: highland region of the Limestone Massif in northern Syria
- Also known as: “Jabal Laylun”, “Jabal Laylūn”, “Mount Laylūn”, and “Mount Simon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Afrin and Qatma.
Afrin
Town
Northwestern Syria is the region around Aleppo, Syria. It is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site the Dead Cities and countless archaeological remains. Travel in this region is both difficult and dangerous. Afrin is situated 6 km southwest of Mount Simeon.
Qatma
Village
Qaṭma also spelled Katma is a village in northwestern Syria, within the Afrin District. It lied within the de facto Afrin Canton of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria since January 2014, until it was captured by the Syrian National Army on March 7, 2018. Qatma is situated 7 km northeast of Mount Simeon.
Ain Dara
Hamlet
Photo: Odilia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ain Dara is settlement best known for its destroyed Iron Age Syro-Hittite temple. The temple is noted for its similarities to Solomon's Temple, also known as the "First Temple in Jerusalem", as described in the Hebrew Bible. Ain Dara is situated 10 km southwest of Mount Simeon.
Mount Simeon
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aleppo Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Simeon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل سمعان”
- Arabic: “جبل ليلون”
- Dutch: “Mount Simeon”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سمعان”
- Esperanto: “Monto Simeono”
- French: “mont Laïloun”
- French: “mont Siméon”
- French: “Mont Siméon”
- German: “Jabal Sem`an”
- German: “St. Simeonsberg”
- Hebrew: “ג’בל סמעאן”
- Hindi: “शिमोन पर्वत”
- Italian: “Monte Simeone”
- Japanese: “サムアーン山”
- Japanese: “ジャバル・サマーン”
- Kurdish: “Çiyayê Lêlûn”
- Kurdish: “چیایێ لێلوون”
- Ladin: “Mount Simeon”
- Lithuanian: “Simeono kalnas”
- Lithuanian: “Simono kalnas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Simeonfjellet”
- Persian: “کوه سیمئون”
- Romanian: “Muntele Laylūn”
- Romanian: “Muntele Simeon”
- Romanian: “Muntele Simon”
- Russian: “Горы Симеона”
- Swedish: “Jabal Siman”
- Swedish: “Simanberget”
- Swedish: “Symeonberget”
- Turkish: “Cebelisemaan”
- Venetian: “Monte Simeone”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Simeon”. Photo: Yvonnefm, CC BY-SA 3.0.