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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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