Serjilla
Serjilla is one of the best preserved of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria, containing about 700 sites. It is located in the Jebel Riha, approximately 65 km north from Hama and 80 km southwest from Aleppo, very close to ruins of another "Dead City", Bara.
- Type: Locality
- Description: archaeological site
- Also known as: “Khirbat Sarjīlā,Khirbat Sarjila”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deir Sunbul and Bara.
Deir Sunbul
Village
Deir Sunbul, Idlib is a Syrian village located in Ihsim Nahiyah in Ariha District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Sunbul, Idlib had a population of 1751 in the 2004 census. Deir Sunbul is situated 3½ km northeast of Serjilla.
Bara
Town
Bara or al-Bara is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria. It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately 65 kilometres north from Hama and approx. Bara is situated 4 km west of Serjilla.
Ihsim
Town
Ihsim is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Ariha District of the Idlib Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ihsim had a population of 5,870 in the 2004 census. Ihsim is situated 6 km northwest of Serjilla.
Serjilla
- Categories: archaeological site, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Idlib Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.67152° or 35° 40′ 18″ north
Longitude
36.5845° or 36° 35′ 4″ east
Open location code
8G7RMHCM+JQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Serjilla” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة سرجل”
- Arabic: “سرجيلا”
- Catalan: “Serjilla”
- Chinese: “塞吉拉”
- Dutch: “Serjilla”
- Finnish: “Serǧilla”
- French: “Khirbat Serjilla”
- French: “Sergilla”
- French: “Serjilla”
- German: “Khirbat Serjilla”
- German: “Serjilla”
- Italian: “Serjilla”
- Japanese: “スィルジーッラー”
- Polish: “Serdżilla”
- Portuguese: “Serjilla”
- Slovenian: “Serdžila”
- Spanish: “Serjilla”
- Ukrainian: “Серджилла”
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