Rashaya

Rashaya راشيا is a town in . Rashaya al-Wadi or Rachaya el-Wadi as it was known is the site of ancient temples built by the Qaraoun culture, Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations and cultures such as that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: town in Lebanon
  • Also known as: Rachaiya el Ouadi”, “Râchaïya el Ouadi”, “Rāshayyā”, and “Rāshayyā al Wādī

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aaiha and Bakifa.

ايحه is a village in . The village is known as the site of the "fountain of the Hasbani ", a temporary wetland, an ancient temple and rock carvings created by the Qaraoun culture, Phoenicians, the Romans, and other civilisations and cultures such as that have conquered the region and enjoyed the fertile soil of the Bekaa Valley.

Village
, is a local authority situated in , Lebanon.

Rashaya

Latitude
33.5009° or 33° 30′ 3″ north
Longitude
35.8437° or 35° 50′ 37″ east
Elevation
1,240 metres (4,068 feet)
Open location code
8G5QGR2V+9F
Geo­Names ID
6253857
Wiki­data ID
Q25914
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Rashaya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: راشيا الوادي
  • Arabic: راشيا
  • Arabic: راشيّا
  • Armenian: Ռաշայա
  • Asturian: Rashaya
  • Catalan: Rashaya
  • Chinese: 拉恰亚
  • Chinese: 拉恰亞
  • Chinese: 拉謝亞
  • Dutch: Rashaya
  • Egyptian Arabic: راشيا
  • French: Rachaya
  • French: Rachayya
  • German: Rachaya al-Wadi
  • German: Rachaya
  • German: Raschaja
  • Greek: Ρασαγιά
  • Hebrew: ראשיא
  • Hebrew: רשאיה
  • Hebrew: רשיא אל-ואדי
  • Hebrew: רשיא
  • Italian: Rashaya
  • Japanese: ラシャーヤ
  • Mazanderani: راشیا
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rachaya
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rashaya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rashaya
  • Norwegian: Rachaya
  • Persian: راشیا
  • Polish: Raszaja
  • Polish: Raszajja
  • Russian: Рашайя
  • Serbian: Разхаја
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rashayya
  • Spanish: Rachaiya
  • Turkish: Raşaya

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