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Qanawat (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 37 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Historically noted as city of the Decapolis at the end of Hellenistic period. |
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| Qanawat (preferred,C,V)
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| Kanawat (C,V)
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| Canatha (H,V)
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| Kanatha (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Qanawat (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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since Hellenistic period ca. -400 BC |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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includes ancient temples, palaces, churches, triumphal arch, tower tombs, & ruins of baths & of a theatre |
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