Uruk

Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East or West Asia, located east of the current bed of the River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river in , Iraq.

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Ziggurat of Uruk.
Place of worship
The Anu ziggurat is a ziggurat in the city of .
220 metres northeast of Uruk
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Latitude
31.32334° or 31° 19′ 24″ north
Longitude
45.63833° or 45° 38′ 18″ east
Open location code
8H378JFQ+88
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site

Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Uruk” goes by many names.
وركاءArabic
ՈւրուկArmenian
UrukBasque
УрукBelarusian
UrukCatalan
烏魯克Chinese
UrukCzech
UrukDanish
UrukDutch
UrukFinnish
ურუქიGeorgian
ΟυρούκGreek
ארךHebrew
UrukHungarian
UrukItalian
ウルクJapanese
우루크Korean
UrûkKurdish
UrukasLithuanian
UrukOccitan (post 1500)
UrukPolish
UrukRomanian
УрукRussian
УрукSerbian
UrukSwedish
УрукUkrainian
UrukVietnamese

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