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Kartu Destination Guide

Discover Kartu in Syria

Kartu in the region of Tartus is a town located in Syria - some 81 mi or ( 130 km ) North of Damascus , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Kartu

Local time in Kartu is now 11:40 PM (Thursday) . 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: Nicosia, Tall Sunun, Tall al 'Adas, Satita, and Kartu. When in this area, you might want to check out Nicosia . 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 Kartu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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1965

13:53 min by Marc Gagnon
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Voyages au Moyen-Orient 1965 ..

Syria_Crac des Chevaliers

2:46 min by m63pritchard
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One of the last Crusader castles en route to Jerusalem ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi

Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi (Arabic for the southern great river, النهر الكبير الجنوبي) is a river in the Middle East flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. The river flows through the Homs Gap. The river forms the northern end of the border between modern day Lebanon and Syria. In antiquity the river was known as Eleutherus. (Eleutheros, Eleuteris) and is referred to as such in the apocryphal 1 Maccabees 11:7 and 12:30. In English, it is also known as the Nahr el-Kebir or simply as the Kebir.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.63 35.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: International rivers of Asia, Lebanon–Syria border, Rivers of Lebanon, Rivers of Syria

Rene Mouawad Air Base

Rene Mouawad Air Base, formerly and still sometimes known as Kleyate Airport (مطار القليعات, Matar al-Qulay`at), used to be a military-civil joint airport in northern Lebanon, located near the town of Kleyate (also spelled Al Qulay`at, Qulayaat or El Qlaïaat) and 6 km from the Lebanese-Syrian border.

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Located at 34.59 36.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Airports in Lebanon, Airports with year of establishment missing, Lebanese Air Force bases, Military of Lebanon

Qaabrîne

Qaabrîne (also known as Qa‘brīn) is a populated place in the Akkar District of the Lebanese North Governorate.

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Located at 34.57 36.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Populated places in the North Governorate

Cheikh Mohammad

Cheikh Mohammad is a village situated in the Lebanese Akkar District. Situated 400 metres above sea level, in between two mountains, it overlooks the Akkar plains and sea. It is made up of approximately 450 houses, with 99% of the population being Christian, mostly Orthodox and Melkite Catholics. This small village contains two schools, a primary and secondary as well as two churches, one dating back hundreds of years. And the very first hospital in AKKAR .

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Located at 34.55 36.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Populated places in Lebanon

Miniara

Miniara (also transliterated Minyara) is a village in the District of Akkar, North Lebanon, 9 kilometers east of the Mediterranean Sea, and 3 kilometers south of Halba. The population is between 7,000 and 10,000. Miniara is the birthplace of Ibrahim BEIK El-SARRAF.

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Located at 34.53 36.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Populated places in Lebanon

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Kartu