Tell Uqair
Tell Uqair is a tell or settlement mound northeast of ancient Babylon, about 25 kilometers north-northeast of the ancient city of Kish, just north of Kutha, and about 50 miles south of Baghdad in modern Babil Governorate, Iraq.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Iraq
- Also known as: “Tell ‘Uqayr”, “Tell Aqair”, and “Tell Uqayr”
Tell Uqair
- Categories: tell, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Al-Mahawil District, Babil Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.78175° or 32° 46′ 54″ northLongitude
44.66444° or 44° 39′ 52″ eastOpen location code
8H46QMJ7+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 556384365OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1716909
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Italian—“Tell Uqair” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل عقير”
- Catalan: “Tell ‘Uqair”
- Catalan: “Tell Uqair”
- Dutch: “Tell Uqair”
- French: “Tell Uqair”
- German: “Tell Uqair”
- Italian: “Tell ‘Uqayr”
- Italian: “Tell Uqayr”
- Italian: “Tell ʿUqayr”
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