Bosra
Bosra, officially known Busra al-Sham, is an ancient town in Syria. Due to being a major archaeological site, it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Town with about 19,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 850 metres (2,790 feet)
- Description: town in Daraa, Syria
- Also known as“Bosra ech Châm”“Bosra Eski Sham”“Bostra”“bsry”“Busra”“Busra ash-Sham”“Busra Sham”“Buşrah ash Shām”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bosra Amphitheatre and Ancient City of Bosra.
Bosra Amphitheatre
The Roman Theatre at Bosra is a large Roman theatre…
Ancient City of Bosra
The Ancient City of Bosra is an archaeological site located in the city of Bosra, Syria.
Mosque of Omar
The Al-Omari Mosque of Bosra is a mosque in the Roman…
Bosra
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Latitude
32.5191° or 32° 31′ 9″ north
Longitude
36.4806° or 36° 28′ 50″ east
Open location code
8G4RGF9J+M6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Bosra” goes by many names.
BosraAlbanian
ΒόστραAncient Greek (to 1453)
BuşráArabic
بُصرىArabic
بصرى BuṣrāArabic
بصرى الشامArabic
ԲոսրաArmenian
BosraAsturian
BüsraAzerbaijani
BosraBasque
БосраBelarusian
বুশরাBengali
বুসরাBengali
БосраBulgarian
ဘော့စ်ရာမြို့Burmese
BosràCatalan
BostraCatalan
BusraCatalan
Buşrá ash ShāmCebuano
布斯拉Chinese
BosraCroatian
BosraCzech
BosraDagbani
BosraDutch
BostraDutch
بصرىEgyptian Arabic
BosraFinnish
BostraFinnish
ბოსრაGeorgian
ბუსრაGeorgian
ΜπόσραGreek
בוסטרהHebrew
בוסרהHebrew
बुसराHindi
बुसरा अल शामHindi
BoszraHungarian
BushraIndonesian
BusraIndonesian
BosraItalian
BostraItalian
ブスラJapanese
ボスラJapanese
古代都市ボスラJapanese
부스라Korean
BostraLatin
BosraLithuanian
बोस्राक पुरान सहरMaithili
BushraMalay
ബോസ്രMalayalam
BosraMaltese
BostraMaltese
बोस्राको पुरानो सहरNepali
BosraNorwegian
BosraNorwegian Bokmål
BosraNorwegian Nynorsk
ବୋସରାOriya
ਬੋਸਰਾPanjabi
بصریPersian
بوسراPersian
BosraPolish
BosraRomanian
БосраRussian
БостраRussian
БусраRussian
Бусра-эш-ШамRussian
БосраSerbian
BosraSerbo-Croatian
BostraSerbo-Croatian
BosraSlovak
BosraSlovenian
Bosra aš-ŠamSlovenian
Bosra ash ShamSlovenian
BostraSlovenian
BusraSlovenian
Busra aš ŠamSlovenian
Busra ash ShamSlovenian
BosraSwedish
BostraSwedish
BozraSwedish
Busra ash-ShamSwedish
Busra Eski ShamSwedish
BusranaSwedish
Nova Trajana BostraSwedish
Trajana BostraSwedish
БусроTajik
BusraTurkish
БосраUkrainian
БусраUkrainian
بصرىUrdu
بصریٰUrdu
بصریٰ الشامUrdu
BusroUzbek
BosraVietnamese
BosraWaray (Philippines)
BosraWestern Frisian
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