Khorsabad

Khorsabad is an archaeological site in Tel Keppe District, Nineveh Governorate.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dur-Sharrukin.

Dur-Sharrukin

Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul. Dur-Sharrukin is situated 1 km northwest of Khorsabad.

Khorsabad

Type: Archaeological site
Also known as: “Dur sharrukin”
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Tel Keppe District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

36.50359° or 36° 30′ 13″ north

Longitude

43.23487° or 43° 14′ 6″ east

Elevation

302 metres (991 feet)

Open location code

8H85G63M+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 888859165

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

GeoNames ID

12421036

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