Qalaat al-Madiq is a town in the Hama Governorate of northwestern Syria, on the eastern bank of the Orontes River in the al-Ghab plain northwest of the city of Hama. It stands on the site of the ancient city of Apamea and takes its name from a medieval fortress built there under Muslim rule in the twelfth century. The town and its fortress have remained inhabited into the present, and the site has repeatedly changed hands during Syria recent conflict.
Facts
Latitude35.420007 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Qalaat al-Madiq (Wikipedia)
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According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalaat al-Madiq had a population of 12,925 in the 2004 census.
2. Qalaat al-Madiq (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.420007, longitude 36.392125
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.42,36.3921
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 256.0
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 36.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 36.25
35.25 36.25 Csa
5. GeoNames: Qal‘at al Maḑīq - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 166227, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.61 km)Quote, cities500 record 166227, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.61 km)
35.41465 36.39085 P PPLA3 SY 10 0 177 Asia/Damascus
Wikidata: Qalaat al-Madiq
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