Ar Rusafah
Ar Rusafah is a locality in Raqqa Governorate, Syria. Ar Rusafah is situated nearby to the village al-Issawi, as well as near `Ajal al Humr.Places of Interest
Highlights include Resafa.
Resafa
Archaeological site
Resafa, sometimes spelled Rusafa, and known in the Byzantine era as Sergiopolis and briefly as Anastasiopolis, was a city located in the Roman province of Euphratensis, in modern-day Syria.
Ar Rusafah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Er Ressafe, Er Ressâfé, Resapha Sergiopolis, Ressafe, Ressâfé, Risafah, Risafe, Risāfe, Rişāfah, Ar Ruşāfah”
- Categories: ruins and historic site
- Location: Raqqa Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.6289° or 35° 37′ 44″ north
Longitude
38.75782° or 38° 45′ 28″ east
Open location code
8G7WJQH5+H4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Ar Rusafah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الرصافة”
- French: “Resafa”
- German: “Ar Rusafah”
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