Middle East
Syria
Deir ez-Zor Governorate

Terqa

Terqa is an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle in , , approximately 80 kilometres from the modern border with and 64 kilometres north of the ancient site of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city in Syria
  • Also known as: “[Terqa]/Asicha?”

Terqa

Latitude
34.9222° or 34° 55′ 20″ north
Longitude
40.56826° or 40° 34′ 6″ east
Open location code
8H62WHC9+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3385387638
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q644872
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Tamil—“Terqa” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ተርቃ”
  • Arabic: “تيرقا”
  • Basque: “Khana”
  • Catalan: “Terqa”
  • Chinese: “泰爾卡”
  • Dutch: “Tell Ashara”
  • Dutch: “Terqa”
  • Finnish: “Terqa”
  • French: “Terqa”
  • German: “Terqa”
  • Hausa: “Terqa”
  • Hebrew: “תרקה”
  • Hungarian: “Tirka”
  • Indonesian: “Terqa”
  • Italian: “Terqa”
  • Japanese: “テルカ”
  • Korean: “테르카”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Terqa”
  • Norwegian: “Terqa”
  • Persian: “تل آشارا”
  • Polish: “Terqa”
  • Russian: “Терка”
  • Slovenian: “Terka”
  • Spanish: “Khana”
  • Spanish: “Terqa”
  • Tamil: “தெர்கா”

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