Al-Qusayr, Syria
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Al-Qusayr القصير |
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 Al-Qusayr
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| Coordinates: 34°30′43″N 36°34′35″E / 34.51194°N 36.57639°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Al-Qusayr |
| Subdistrict | Al-Qusayr |
| Elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 29,818 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
Al-Qusayr (Arabic: القصير Levantine pronunciation: [elʔʊˈsˤeːɾ]; Literary Arabic: [alqʊˈsˤeːr, alqʊˈsˤɑjr]) is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about 35 kilometers (22 mi) south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) to the southwest. Nearby localities include Rablah and Zira'a to the south, Jandar further to the east, al-Dabaah to the northeast, Arjoun to the northwest and Aqrabiyah to the west. Al-Qusayr has an altitude of 540 meters (1,770 ft).
A Muslim majority city with a significant Christian minority, al-Qusayr had a population of 29,818 in 2004 according to the Syrian census. In addition to being capital of the al-Qusayr District, it is also the administrative center of the al-Qusayr nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consisted of 60 localities with a collective population of 107,470 in 2004.
Al-Qusayr is the closest modern-day city to the ancient walled hilltop city of Qadesh (now the ruins known as Tell Nebi Mend, (ca. 1766 ft)) named for the idol worshipped by the ancients at the time and which sits north and above the plain east of the river where historians place the largest known chariot vs. chariot battle in antiquity, the Battle of Qadash, May 1274 BCE between the forces of Ramesses II's Egypt and the Anatolian Empire of the Hittites of Muwatalli II.
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