Al-Basira

Al-Basira is a town in , and has about 6,200 residents. Al-Basira is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Circesium.

Archaeological site
, known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers, located at the empire's eastern frontier with the Sasanian Empire.

Al-Basira

Latitude
35.15589° or 35° 9′ 21″ north
Longitude
40.4256° or 40° 25′ 32″ east
Population
6,200
Open location code
8H725C4G+96
Open­Street­Map ID
node 573457890
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Al-Basira” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البصيرة”
  • French: “Al-Basira”
  • German: “al-Basira”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בסירה”
  • Japanese: “アル゠バシラ”
  • Korean: “알바시라”
  • Russian: “Аль-Басира”

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