Hauran

The Hauran is a region that spans parts of southern and northern . It is bound in the north by the Ghouta oasis, to the northeast by the field, to the east and south by the Harrat al-Sham and to the west by the .
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Hauran

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Latitude of center
33.31° or 33° 18′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
36.55° or 36° 33′ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Hauran” goes by many names.
حورانArabic
سهل حورانArabic
HövranAzerbaijani
HauranCatalan
HauraniCatalan
HauranisCatalan
HawranCatalan
浩兰省Chinese
浩蘭Chinese
浩蘭省Chinese
豪兰平原Chinese
豪蘭Chinese
豪蘭平原Chinese
AuranitisDutch
HaoeranDutch
HauranDutch
حورانEgyptian Arabic
HawranFinnish
החורןHebrew
חאוורןHebrew
חורןHebrew
HauranIndonesian
AuranitideItalian
HauranItalian
HawranItalian
Siria sudoccidentaleItalian
ハウラン平原Japanese
HauranLadin
HauranasLithuanian
HauranNorwegian
HauranNorwegian Bokmål
HauranNorwegian Nynorsk
حورانPersian
دشت حورانPersian
منطقه حورانPersian
HauranRomanian
HouranRomanian
АвранRussian
Хауран | Аврана | АвранитидаRussian
ХауранSerbian
HauranSlovenian
حورانSouth Azerbaijani
HauranSwedish
ҲавронTajik
HavranTurkish
ھەۋرانUighur
АвранUkrainian
АвранітидаUkrainian
ХавранUkrainian
حورانUrdu
HavronUzbek
HawranVenetian
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