Al-Qusayr
Al-Qusayr is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about 35 kilometers south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometres to the southwest.Localities in the Area
Zira'a
Village
Zira'a is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Zira'a is situated 6 km south of Al-Qusayr.
Kadesh
Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River.Al-Qusayr
- Type: Town with 44,400 residents
- Description: city in western Syria
- Categories: city, populated place in Syria and locality
- Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.51072° or 34° 30' 39" northLongitude
36.57689° or 36° 34' 37" eastPopulation
44,400Elevation
541 metres (1,775 feet)Open Location Code
8G6RGH6G+7QOpenStreetMap ID
node 573532935OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
173322Wikidata ID
Q195410Al-Qusayr Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: القصير
- Asturian: Al-Qusayr
- Catalan: Al-Qusayr
- Catalan: al-Qussayr
- Cebuano: Al Quşayr
- Central Kurdish: قوسەیر
- Chinese: 古賽爾
- Chinese: 古赛尔
- Czech: Kusajr
- Dutch: Al-Qusayr
- Egyptian Arabic: القصير
- English: Al-Qusayr, Syria
- English: Al Qusair
- English: Al Qusayr
- English: Qusair
- French: Qoussair
- French: Qousseir
- Georgian: ელ-კუსაირი
- German: Al-Qusayr
- German: Kusseir
- Hebrew: קוסייר
- Italian: Al-Qusayr
- Japanese: アル＝クサイル
- Japanese: クサイル
- Korean: 알쿠사이르
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Al-Qusayr i Syria
- Persian: قصیر
- Polish: Al-Kusajr
- Russian: Аль-Кусайра
- Russian: Эль-Кусайр
- Scots: Al Qusayr, Sirie
- Scots: Al Qusayr
- Spanish: Al Quseir
- Swedish: Al-Qusayr
- Swedish: Al Qusayr
- Swedish: Al Quşayr
- Swedish: al-Qusayr
- Tunisian Arabic: القصير
- Turkish: Al-Qusayr
- Turkish: Al Qusayr
- Turkish: El-Kuseyir
- Turkish: El-Kuseyr
- Turkish: El Kuseyir
- Turkish: El Kuseyr
- Ukrainian: Аль-Кусейр
- Urdu: القیصیر، شام
- Al-Kuseir
- El Qoussair
- El Quseir
- Kouseir
- Koussaie
- Kousseir
- Kuseir
- Qosair
- Qoussaïr
- Qusir
- Quşayr
- Ель-Кусейр
- 쿠사이르
Other Places Named Al-Qusayr
Localities in the Area
- RamzunVillage, 3½ km east
- Zawr al MuhVillage, 4½ km west
- Nahr HawnLocality, 5 km southwest
- Abu HawriVillage, 5 km west
- Ad Dab`ahHamlet, 6 km northeast
Landmarks in the Area
- Mahattat al QusayrRailway station
- Cimetière de QousseirCemetery
- قرية حوش مرشدScenic viewpoint, 4½ km southwest
- قرية النهريةScenic viewpoint, 6 km southwest
- Ash Shaykh Mas`udCemetery, 6 km north
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Al-Qusayr. Photo: Yvonnefm, CC BY-SA 3.0.