Qalaat al-Madiq
Qalaat al-Madiq is a town in Hama Governorate, Syria and has about 12,900 residents. Qalaat al-Madiq is situated nearby to the village Al-Karakat, as well as near Teweini.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apamea.
Apamea
Photo: Jim Gordon, CC BY 2.0.
Apamea, on the right bank of the Orontes River, was an ancient Greek and Roman city. It was the capital of Apamene under the Macedonians, became the capital and Metropolitan Archbishopric of late Roman province Syria Secunda, again in the crusader period.
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Qalaat al-Madiq
Village
Qalaat al-Madiq is a town and medieval fortress in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located northwest of Hama. It is situated in the al-Ghab plain, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River.
Qalaat al-Madiq
- Type: Town with 12,900 residents
- Also known as: “Kalaat al-Madik” and “Qal’at al-Madiq”
- Category: locality
- Location: Hama Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.41465° or 35° 24′ 53″ northLongitude
36.39119° or 36° 23′ 28″ eastPopulation
12,900Open location code
8G7RC97R+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3478625992OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Qalaat al-Madiq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة المضيق”
- French: “Qalaat al-Madiq”
- German: “Qal’at al-Mudiq”
- Hebrew: “קלעת אל-מדיק”
- Japanese: “カルアト・アル゠マディーク”
- Korean: “칼라아틀마디크”
- Russian: “Кальат-аль-Мадик”
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