Dur-Sharrukin

Dur-Sharrukin, present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern , 15 km northeast of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II
  • Also known as: “dur sharrukim” and “Khorsabad”
  • Address: Khursabad

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tel Keppe and Batnaya.

Town
is a Chaldean Catholic Assyrian populated town in northern . It is located in the , less than 8 mi northeast of . is situated 10 km west of Dur-Sharrukin.

Village
is a village in , . It is located in the Tel Kaif District in the Nineveh Plains. In the village, there are Chaldean Catholic churches of Mar Quriaqos and Mart Maryam. The is also located near the village. is situated 10 km west of Dur-Sharrukin.

Dur-Sharrukin

Latitude
36.50974° or 36° 30′ 35″ north
Longitude
43.22803° or 43° 13′ 41″ east
Open location code
8H85G65H+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3389464743
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q253208
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Dur-Sharrukin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دور شروكين”
  • Asturian: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dur-Şarrukin”
  • Bashkir: “Дур-Шаррукин”
  • Bashkir: “Саргон ҡәлғәһе”
  • Basque: “Dur Sharrukin”
  • Belarusian: “Дур-Шарукін”
  • Bengali: “খোরসাবাদ”
  • Bengali: “দুর শাররুকিন”
  • Bengali: “দুর শাররুকিম”
  • Bulgarian: “Дур Шарукин”
  • Catalan: “Dur Xarrukin”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورشاروکین”
  • Chinese: “杜尔舍鲁金”
  • Croatian: “Dur-Šarukin”
  • Czech: “Chorsábád”
  • Danish: “Khorsabad”
  • Dutch: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دور شروكين”
  • Esperanto: “Dur-Ŝarukin”
  • Estonian: “Dur-Šarrukin”
  • Finnish: “Dur-Šarrukin”
  • French: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • French: “Khorsabad”
  • Georgian: “დურ-შარუქინი”
  • German: “Chorsabad”
  • German: “Dur Sarrukin”
  • German: “Dur Šarrukin”
  • German: “Dur Scharrukin”
  • Hebrew: “דור שרוכין”
  • Hindi: “खोरसाबाद”
  • Hungarian: “Dúr-Sarrukín”
  • Indonesian: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Irish: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Italian: “Dur-Šarrukin”
  • Italian: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Japanese: “コルサバド”
  • Japanese: “ドゥル・シャルキン”
  • Japanese: “ホルサバード”
  • Korean: “두르샤루킨”
  • Mingrelian: “დურ-შარუქინი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Norwegian: “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Dur-Sharrukin”
  • Persian: “دور شاروکین”
  • Polish: “Dur-Szarrukin”
  • Portuguese: “Corsabade”
  • Portuguese: “Dur Sarruquim”
  • Portuguese: “Dur Xarruquim”
  • Romanian: “Dur-Șarrukin”
  • Russian: “Дур-Шаррукин”
  • Serbian: “Дур-Шарукин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dur Sharrukin”
  • Slovenian: “Dur-Šarukin”
  • Spanish: “Dur Sharrukin”
  • Swedish: “Khorsabad”
  • Turkish: “Dur-Şarrukin”
  • Ukrainian: “Дур-Шаррукін”
  • Urdu: “دور شروکین”
  • Uzbek: “Dur-sharrukin”
  • Uzbek: “Dur-Sharrukin”

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