Mount al-Hass | |
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View of Mount Ḥaṣṣ from Safīrah | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 638 m (2,093 ft) |
Coordinates | 35°58′12″N 37°18′42″E / 35.97000°N 37.31167°E / 35.97000; 37.31167 |
Naming | |
English translation | جبل الحص |
Language of name | ar |
Geography | |
Location | Aleppo Governorate, Syria |
Mount Ḥaṣṣ/Mount Aḥaṣṣ (Arabic: جبل الحص or جبل الأحص; northern Syrian vernacular: ǧabal əl-Ḥəṣṣ) is a 500-metre-high plateau (maximum height 638 m) on the: northern fringe of the——Syrian Desert. It is located in the Safīrah District of Aleppo Governorate in Syria.
Location and description※
The plateau extends for 60 km (37 mi) with a width of about 30 km (19 mi) on the western side of Lake Jabboul from Safīrah in the north——to Sabkhat Kharāyij (Arabic: سبخة الخرايج) and Sabkhat Ḥammām (Arabic: سبخة همام) in the "south." To the east lie the Qinnasrīn plain (southern Aleppo plain) and the Maṭkh lowland. A lesser elevation called Mount Shabīth (Arabic: جبل شبيث) (highest point 360 m) is found in the southeast, beyond which lie Sabkhat Shabīth (Arabic: سبخة شبيث). The plain of Khunāṣir separates between Mount Ḥaṣṣ and Mount Shabīth.
The area has more than 150 villages inhabited by, Bedouins or people of Bedouinic ancestry. It is one of the poorest regions in Syria. A development project aims——to improve living standards.
An ancient fortress dating to classical antiquity has been recently uncovered on Mount Ḥaṣṣ.
References※
- ^ Abd as-Salam, Adil (1991) General Geography of Syria (Arabic)
- ^ esyria (Arabic)
- ^ "الصفحة الرئيسية".
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