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Uyun al Hajal Destination Guide

Touring Uyun al Hajal in Syria

Uyun al Hajal in the region of Quneitra is located in Syria - some 38 mi or ( 61 km ) South-West of Damascus , the country's capital city .

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Time in Uyun al Hajal is now 07:24 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Damascus " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Mazra'at Bayt Jinn, Khan Arnabah, Aleppo, and Damascus. Being here already, consider visiting Nicosia . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Uyun al Hajal ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Welcome to GOLAN...Land of Peace.

3:40 min by Khaled TheSyrian
Views: 2558 Rating: 3.67

We looked to Golan that day, maybe we couldn't reach to him but...he was as always...in our hearts ..

A trip in the Golan High

2:26 min by Gil Cohen
Views: 1744 Rating: 0.00

קליפ שערכתי המתעד טיול ברמת הגולן. ברקע - השיר "ילד תם" של ירמי קפלן - כל הזכויות על השיר שמורות לו ולחברת NMC. ..


Banias Falls

0:32 min by Ury Fred Schneider
Views: 398 Rating: 5.00

Waterfalls Banias ..

ROGER EL RASSI - Live from Beirut Souks (ببيروت) - Percussion Performance & Interview

14:33 min by Michel El Rassi
Views: 358 Rating: 5.00

Roger has had a passion for percussion since the early age of 4 and began his formal education at the age of 11 in the National Conservatory of Lebanon. His early days of percussion were steeped in a ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 3 km away
Tags: Battles of the Yom Kippur War, Tank battles

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

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

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

Quneitra

Quneitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria. It is situated in a high valley in the Golan Heights at an elevation of 1,010 metres (3,313 feet) above sea level. Quneitra was founded in the Ottoman era as a way station on the caravan route to Damascus and subsequently became a garrison town of some 20,000 people, strategically located near the ceasefire line with Israel. Its name is Arabic for "the little bridge".

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Located at 33.13 35.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Arab–Israeli conflict, Cities in Syria, Destroyed cities, Fertile Crescent, Former populated places on the Golan Heights, Golan Heights