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Aafsdîq, Mohafazat Liban-Nord, Lebanon


Alternative Names:Aafsadiq, Aafsadîq, Aafsdiq, Aafsdîq, Afsadik, `Afsadiq, ʿfsdyq, عفصديق, ‘Afşadīq
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Koura District, North Governorate, Lebanon
Region:Mohafazat Liban-Nord, Lebanon
Latitude:34° 19' 54" N
Longitude:35° 47' 9" E
Lat/Long (dec):34.33167,35.78611
Köppen climate type:Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Mindat Feature ID:280652
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:280652:5
GUID:0
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Hjoula, Jbeil District (Byblos District), Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon34° 7' 59" N35° 44' 39" E22.4km (13.9 miles)
Unnamed Quarries No. 3, Akkar District, Akkar Governorate, Lebanon34° 32' 5" N36° 7' 6" E38.0km (23.6 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 1, Akkar District, Akkar Governorate, Lebanon34° 37' 57" N36° 6' 3" E44.2km (27.5 miles)
Jeita cave, Keserwan District, Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon33° 56' 38" N35° 38' 38" E45.0km (28.0 miles)
Unnamed Quarries No. 2, Akkar District, Akkar Governorate, Lebanon34° 34' 3" N36° 12' 5" E46.3km (28.7 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 1, Hermel District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon34° 28' 8" N36° 16' 53" E47.9km (29.8 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 4, Akkar District, Akkar Governorate, Lebanon34° 28' 8" N36° 16' 54" E48.0km (29.8 miles)
Beyrout meteorite, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon33° 52' 59" N35° 30' 0" E56.4km (35.0 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 3, Tartus Governorate, Syria34° 49' 28" N35° 59' 59" E58.2km (36.2 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 1, Homs Governorate, Syria34° 31' 14" N36° 26' 23" E63.5km (39.5 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 4, Tartus Governorate, Syria34° 54' 1" N36° 7' 5" E70.2km (43.6 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 2, Tartus Governorate, Syria34° 56' 23" N35° 59' 49" E70.3km (43.7 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 1, Tartus Governorate, Syria34° 59' 21" N35° 55' 22" E74.2km (46.1 miles)
Homs Volcanic Field, Homs Governorate, Syria34° 49' 59" N36° 23' 59" E79.2km (49.2 miles)
Wadi Al Ayun, Hama Governorate, Syria34° 59' 49" N36° 11' 26" E82.7km (51.4 miles)
Bhanine Valley, Jezzine District, South Governorate, Lebanon33° 34' 55" N35° 35' 56" E85.1km (52.9 miles)
Dar al-Baidha (Dar el Beida), Jezzine District, South Governorate, Lebanon33° 30' 0" N35° 36' 0" E94.1km (58.4 miles)
Unnamed Quarries No. 2, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria33° 37' 41" N36° 26' 14" E98.6km (61.3 miles)
Al-Qutayfa (Qutaifa; Al-Ktayfa; Ktaifa), Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria33° 44' 9" N36° 35' 33" E99.6km (61.9 miles)
Mt Hermon, Quneitra Governorate, Syria33° 24' 51" N35° 51' 18" E102.2km (63.5 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 1, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria33° 39' 28" N36° 32' 49" E102.6km (63.8 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 2, Hama Governorate, Syria35° 12' 40" N36° 21' 55" E111.2km (69.1 miles)
Birket Ram, Golan Heights, Northern District, Israel33° 13' 57" N35° 45' 59" E122.2km (76.0 miles)
Unnamed Quarry No. 1, Hama Governorate, Syria35° 13' 58" N36° 33' 16" E122.3km (76.0 miles)
Khunayfis, Hama Governorate, Syria34° 57' 3" N36° 59' 53" E130.5km (81.1 miles)
Golan-Galilee volcanic field, Harrat al-Sham Volcanic field, Middle East33° 0' 0" N35° 32' 59" E149.7km (93.0 miles)
Al Ghab Volcanic Field, Idlib Governorate, Syria35° 45' 0" N36° 23' 59" E167.3km (104.0 miles)
Bassit Ophiolite Complex, Latakia Governorate, Syria35° 50' 17" N35° 49' 42" E167.6km (104.1 miles)
Harrat Ash Shaam Plateau, As-Suwayda Governorate, Syria32° 58' 59" N36° 40' 0" E170.6km (106.0 miles)
Karnai Hittin, Galil Tachton Regional Council, Kinneret Subdistrict, Northern District, Israel32° 46' 59" N35° 25' 59" E175.2km (108.9 miles)

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
African PlateTectonic Plate
Sinai-Levant basin, Arabian PlateBasin
AsiaContinent
Israel Accretionary complex, Eurasian PlateAccretionary Complex
LebanonCountry
North Governorate, LebanonGovernorate
Koura District, North Governorate, LebanonDistrict

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
Lebanon, North125.7.0.0.0.0
Lebanon, North, Koura125.7.23.0.0.0
Lebanon, North, Koura, Afsdik125.7.23.1176.0.0
 
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