Petra

settlement · 2600000 BC – 2100 AD

Capital city of the Nabataeans located on the slope of Mount Hor.

Coordinates

30.34504, 35.38268

Also known as

Al Batra', Al Batrā’, Alǧī, Alji (arb), Batra', Baţrā’, Baṭrā, Batra (arb), Colonia Ant. P., Colonia Antoniniana Petra (ka), Colonia Antoniniana P., Colonia Antoniniana Petra (ka), Gaia (grc), Petra Iordanias, Petra dArabia, Petra dAràbia, Petris (la), Petris (la), Pétra, Reqem, Rekem (hbo), Vallis Moysi, Valée de Moyse, Wādī Mūsā, Wadi Musa, Wadi Mousa (arb), al-Wuʿaira, al-Wu'aira, el-Wu'eira, al-Wu'airah, el-Wu'eireh, al-Wu'ayra, el-Wu'eyra, al-Wu'ayrah, el-Wu'eyreh, al-Wuaira, el-Wueira, al-Wuairah, el-Wueireh, al-Wuayra, el-Wueyra, al-Wuayrah, el-Wueyreh, al-Woaira (arb), al-Ǧāya, al-Jaya, el-Jaya (arb), al-Ǧī, al-Ji, el-Ji, as-Salʿa, as-Sal'a, as-Salaa, es-Sal'a, es-Salaa, al-Sal'a, al-Salaa, el-Sal'a, el-Salaa (arb), btra, bytra, pei te la

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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