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Ramla (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 55 44 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.9292 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 51 54 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.8656 decimal degrees |
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Note: Only town in Palestine founded by Arabs; was chief city & capital of Palestine from 8th-11th cen. CE; station for pilgrims during the Middle Ages; taken by Israeli army in 1948. Some scholars believe that the city was built on or near the ruins of the ancient city of Gath, based on a medieval Jewish tradition. |
Names: |
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| Ramla (preferred,C,V)
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| Er Ramle (C,V)
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| Ramle (C,V,English-P)
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| Remle (C,V)
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| Ramlah (C,V)
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| Rama (C,V)
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| Ramlāh (C,V)
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| רמלה (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| الرملة (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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HaMerkaz (national district) (P) |
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Ramla (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 716 AD by the Khalif Suleiman |
| district capital (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| possibly identified as .... |
Arimathea .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Yisra'el, Judaea) [8711912] |
| possibly identified as .... |
Gath .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Yisra'el) [6002210] |
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