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Shahbā (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 32 51 18 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.8551 decimal degrees |
Long: 036 37 40 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.6290 decimal degrees |
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Note: Market town on the road from Damascus to Dionysias (Soueida) & Bostra; home of emperor Philip the Arab (244-249 CE), who rennovated & enlarged city; ruins include public baths, an aqueduct, temples, a theater & 3rd-cen. CE polychrome mosaics. |
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Shahbā (preferred,C,V)
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Shahba (C,V)
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Shahbā' (C,V)
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Shahbah (C,V)
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Chahba (C,V)
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Shaba (C,V)
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Shahaba (C,V)
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Shahbā’ (C,V)
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شهبا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Philippopolis (H,V,S)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Shahbā (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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oasis settlement (H) |
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Ancient Roman (H) |
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