Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta was a new cult center for Ashur and perhaps a new capital city founded by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I just north of Assur. Its name meant "Port Tukulti-Ninurta".Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Shirqat.
Al-Shirqat
Town
Al-Shirqat is a town west of the Tigris in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 294 kilometres northwest of Baghdad. It is the main town of the Al-Shirqat District, and is near the ruins of the ancient Assyrian city of Assur. Al-Shirqat is situated 4 km northwest of Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta.
Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: historical Mesopotamian settlement
- Categories: human settlement, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Al-Shirqat District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.49472° or 35° 29′ 41″ northLongitude
43.2703° or 43° 16′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8H75F7VC+V4OpenStreetMap ID
node 10945305727OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q165841
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تلول العقر”
- Bashkir: “Кар-Тукульти-Нинурта”
- Bashkir: “Тулул-эль-Акар”
- Dutch: “Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- French: “Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- German: “Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- German: “Kār-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- Hindi: “क़लाह”
- Irish: “Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- Italian: “Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- Japanese: “カール・トゥクルティ・ニヌルタ”
- Polish: “Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta”
- Portuguese: “Car-Tuculti-Ninurta”
- Russian: “Кар-Тукульти-Нинурта”
- Urdu: “قار توقلتی نینرتا”
Notable Places Nearby
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