Qal’at Ja’bar
Qal'at Ja'bar is a castle on the left bank of Euphrates Lake in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Its site, formerly a prominent hill-top overlooking the Euphrates Valley, is now an island in Lake Assad that can only be reached by an artificial causeway.
- Castle
- Description: castle in Syria
- Also known as“Caber Kalesi”“قلعة جعبر”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tabqa.
Qal’at Ja’bar
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Latitude
35.89732° or 35° 53′ 50″ north
Longitude
38.48105° or 38° 28′ 52″ east
Open location code
8G7WVFWJ+WC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = castle
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Qal’at Ja’bar” goes by many names.
قلعة جعبرArabic
Ջաբեր ամրոցArmenian
Caber qalasıAzerbaijani
ДжабарBulgarian
賈比爾城堡Chinese
Kalat DžaabarCzech
Qal’at Ja’barDutch
Qal’at Ja’barIndonesian
Qal’at Ja’barItalian
ジャアバル城Japanese
ジャベル・カレスィJapanese
KаберMacedonian
КаберMacedonian
قلعه جعبرPersian
Kalat DżabirPolish
Qal’at Ja’barPolish
ДжаберRussian
Caber KalesiTurkish
قلعہ جعبرUrdu
Jaber qalʻasiUzbek
Qal’at Ja’barVietnamese
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