Kadesh
Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River. It was of some importance during the Late Bronze Age and is mentioned in the Amarna letters.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 510 metres (1,680 feet)
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as“Qadesh”“Tell Nebi Mend”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Hoz and Arjoun.
Kadesh
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Latitude
34.5573° or 34° 33′ 26″ north
Longitude
36.5192° or 36° 31′ 9″ east
Open location code
8G6RHG49+WM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = mound
OpenStreetMap feature
place = locality
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Kadesh” goes by many names.
ΛαοδίκειαAncient Greek (to 1453)
تل النبي مندوArabic
قادشArabic
كدشArabic
ԿադեշArmenian
KadeşAzerbaijani
KadeshBasque
QadeshBasque
КадзешBelarusian
КадэшBelarusian
কাদেশBengali
КадешBulgarian
ကာဒေ့ရှ်Burmese
CadeixCatalan
QidshuCatalan
KadeshCebuano
卡迭石Chinese
KadešCzech
KadeshDutch
KadesjDutch
KadešFinnish
KadeshFinnish
Ari-TeshubGalician
EtakkamaGalician
KadeshGalician
KinzaGalician
QadeshGalician
SuttarnaGalician
კადეშიGeorgian
KadeshIndonesian
CáidéisIrish
KadeshItalian
QaddeshItalian
QadešItalian
QadeshItalian
カデシュJapanese
KadeshJavanese
کادیشKashmiri
카데시Korean
LaodiceaLatin
LaudiceaLatin
KadešasLithuanian
KadesjNorwegian
KadesjNorwegian Bokmål
ਕੇਦੈਸ਼Panjabi
کادشPersian
Kadesz nad OrontesemPolish
KadeshRomanian
Kadesh (Siria)Romanian
КадешRussian
KadešSerbo-Croatian
KadeshSerbo-Croatian
KadešSlovak
KadešSlovenian
KadeshSwedish
KadeschSwiss German
KadeshSwiss German
QadeschSwiss German
QadeshSwiss German
காதேஷ்Tamil
KadeşTurkish
КадешUkrainian
قادشUrdu
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Qadesh and Wadi at Tannur.
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