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Turunjah Destination Guide

Discover Turunjah in Syria

Turunjah in the region of Quneitra is a town located in Syria - some 32 mi or ( 52 km ) South-West of Damascus , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Turunjah

Local time in Turunjah is now 09:55 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Damascus " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Al Maqla, Nicosia, Sukayk, Mas'adah, and Kawm Marj al Burghuth. When in this area, you might want to check out Al Maqla . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Turunjah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Mountain biking. Israel. Hermon - Horshat Tal (Golan). Хермон - Хоршат Таль (Голанские Высоты). Израиль.

8:13 min by Igor Skorubsky
Views: 1221 Rating: 0.00

11.11.2006. Велопоходы по Израилю. Голанские Высоты.--- Подробное описание этого маршрута и фотографии: is-israel.com Descriptions and Photos (english translation by Google): 209.85.135.104 ..

להקת תלתן בריקוד אירי-קיבוץ אל רום

1:31 min by avihood1969
Views: 238 Rating: 4.43

בנות תלתן בריקוד אירי. הרקדניות -אביטל זכריה ודנה רביד הלהקה :the bodhran band-a celtic journey חגיגת שבועות אל רום 2012 ..


Hermon Stream (Banias) Nature Reserve in Northern Israel

5:28 min by Louis Reed
Views: 123 Rating: 0.00

Hermon Stream (Banias) Nature Reserve in the Golan Heights. ..

the bodhran band-a celtic journey

2:19 min by avihood1969
Views: 93 Rating: 4.00

בנות תלתן בריקוד אירי. הרקדניות -אביטל זכריה ודנה רביד הלהקה :the bodhran band-a celtic journey חגיגת שבועות אל רום 2012 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Shouting Hill

The Shouting Hill is a hill in the Israeli controlled portion of the Golan Heights. The hill is situated near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the area of the Golan that is occupied by Israel. During the Six Day War, Israel captured the majority of the heights. The Shouting Hill is located just close to the ceasefire line that separates Syrian controlled territory and the territory occupied by Israel. The Druze community members of the Golan Heights were separated after the war.

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Located at 33.27 35.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Golan Heights, Hills, Hills by country, Landforms of the Golan Heights

Venus of Berekhat Ram

The Venus of Berekhat Ram is a pebble found at Berekhat Ram on the Golan Heights in the summer of 1981 by archaeologist N. Goren-Inbar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. An article by Goren-Inbar and S. Peltz (1995) claims it has been modified to represent a female human figure, identifying it as a possible artefact made by Homo erectus of the later Acheulean, in the early Middle Paleolithic.

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Located at 33.23 35.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological artifacts, Paleolithic, Venus figurines

Lake Ram

Lake Ram is a crater lake in the northeastern Golan Heights, near Mount Hermon. The only sources of the lake are rain water and an underground spring. The water does not leave the lake to any other body of water. The crater is a maar. It is a Palaeolithic site of the findspot of the Venus of Berekhat Ram, a pebble allegedly worked by Homo erectus.

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Located at 33.23 35.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Crater lakes, Extinct volcanoes, Golan Heights, Lakes of Syria, Landforms of the Golan Heights, Maars, Volcanoes of Syria

Berekhat Ram

Berekhat Ram;, (also spelled Berekhet Ram, Berechat Ram Braikhat Ram, Birkat Ram, the Ram Pool or Lake Ram) is a Palaeolithic site near Mas'adah, at the foot of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights. It is the findspot of the Venus of Berekhat Ram, a pebble allegedly worked by Homo erectus.

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Located at 33.23 35.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Prehistoric sites on the Golan Heights

Valley of Tears

The Valley of Tears is the name given to an area in the Golan Heights after it became the site of a major battle in the Yom Kippur War. On 6 October 1973 the Syrian 7th Infantry Division attacked the Israeli 7th Armored Brigade in the area between Mount Hermonit and a southern ridge known as "Booster" in Israel, or Tel el Mekhafi in Arabic. The Syrians started the offensive with an artillery barrage, but failed to move tanks across the anti-tank ditch.

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Located at 33.18 35.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Battles of the Yom Kippur War, Tank battles