Middle East
Syria
Hama Governorate

Qarqar

Qarqar or Karkar is the name of an ancient town in northwestern Syria, known from Neo-Assyrian sources. It was the site of one of the most important battles of the ancient world, the battle of Qarqar, fought in 853 BC when the army of Assyria, led by king Shalmaneser III, encountered an allied force comprising military units from 11 local kingdoms.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Az-Ziyara and Jisr ash-Shughur.

Village
Al-Ziyarah is a town in northern , administratively part of the , located 75 kilometers northwest of . It is situated in the Ghab plain, on the eastern bank of the . is situated 7 km south of Qarqar.

Town
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jisr ash-Shughūr, known in antiquity as Seleucobelus, is a city in the in northwestern . Situated at an altitude of 170 metres above sea level on the Orontes river, the city was inhabited by 44,322 people as of 2010. is situated 8 km north of Qarqar.

Qarqar

Latitude
35.74209° or 35° 44′ 32″ north
Longitude
36.3308° or 36° 19′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G7RP8RJ+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 226870286
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tell
Wiki­data ID
Q386756
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Qarqar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل قرقو”
  • Arabic: “قرقور”
  • Catalan: “Qarqar”
  • Dutch: “Qarqar”
  • French: “Qarqar”
  • German: “Qarqar”
  • Hungarian: “Karkar”
  • Indonesian: “Karkar”
  • Italian: “Qarqar”
  • Japanese: “カルカル”
  • Persian: “کرکر”
  • Polish: “Karkar”
  • Russian: “Тель-Каркур”
  • Spanish: “Qarqar”
  • Swedish: “Karkar”
  • Turkish: “Karkar”

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