Nahr Barbar

Pharpar is a biblical river in Syria. It is the less important of the two rivers of mentioned in the Book of Kings, now generally identified with the Nahr al-Awaj, also called Awaj, although if the reference to Damascus is limited to the city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be the modern Taura.
  • Locality
  • Description: river in Syria
  • Also known as
    “Parpar, Pharpar, Nahr Barbar”
    “Pharpar”

Nahr Barbar

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Latitude
33.41667° or 33° 25′ north
Longitude
36.13333° or 36° 8′ east
Open location code
8G5RC48M+M8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Nahr Barbar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر بربر”
  • Arabic: “نهر فرفر”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Pharpar”
  • Cebuano: “Nahr Barbar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فرفر”
  • French: “Nahr Barbar”
  • German: “Nahr Barbar”
  • German: “Parpar”
  • Hebrew: “נהר פרפר”
  • Hebrew: “פרפר”
  • Indonesian: “Parpar”
  • Irish: “Pharpar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Parpar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Parpar”
  • Norwegian: “Parpar”
  • Swedish: “Nahr Barbar”
  • Swedish: “Parpar”

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