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

  • Type: mountain range
  • Description: region and mountain range
  • Also known as: “Auranitide”, “Auranitis”, “Haoeran”, “Haurani”, “Hauranis”, “Hauranitide”, “Ḥawrān”, “Southwestern Syria”, “Авранітида”, “Хауран | Аврана | Авранитида”, “החורן”, “חאוורן”, “دشت حوران”, “سهل حوران”, “منطقه حوران”, “豪兰平原”, “豪蘭”, and “豪蘭平原”
  • Category: territory
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude of center
33.31° or 33° 18′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
36.55° or 36° 33′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1589883
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Hauran” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حوران”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hövran”
  • Catalan: “Hauran”
  • Chinese: “浩兰省”
  • Chinese: “浩蘭”
  • Chinese: “浩蘭省”
  • Dutch: “Hauran”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حوران”
  • Finnish: “Hawran”
  • French: “Hauran”
  • German: “Hauran”
  • Hebrew: “חורן”
  • Indonesian: “Hauran”
  • Italian: “Hauran”
  • Italian: “Hawran”
  • Italian: “Siria sudoccidentale”
  • Japanese: “ハウラン平原”
  • Ladin: “Hauran”
  • Lithuanian: “Hauranas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hauran”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hauran”
  • Norwegian: “Hauran”
  • Persian: “حوران”
  • Portuguese: “Haurã”
  • Portuguese: “Houran”
  • Romanian: “Hauran”
  • Romanian: “Houran”
  • Russian: “Авран”
  • Serbian: “Хауран”
  • Slovenian: “Hauran”
  • South Azerbaijani: “حوران”
  • Spanish: “Hauran”
  • Spanish: “Haurán”
  • Swedish: “Hauran”
  • Tajik: “Ҳаврон”
  • Turkish: “Havran”
  • Uighur: “ھەۋران”
  • Ukrainian: “Хавран”
  • Urdu: “حوران”
  • Uzbek: “Havron”
  • Venetian: “Hawran”

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