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Arqa
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Arqa (; ) is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Arqa
- Settlement.native_name
- عرقا
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fortezza di Arqa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Remains of Crusader Castle, Arqa
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Map showing the location of Arqa within Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Lebanon
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Akkar
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Akkar
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +2
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Fortezza di Arqa.jpg
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- Arqa
- native label
- عرقا
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17 sectionsContents
- Names
- History
- Early Bronze
- Middle Bronze
- Late Bronze
- Amarna Period ''Irqata'' (c. 1350 BC)
- Hellenistic and Roman period
- Crusades period
- Later period
- Demographics
- Ecclesiastical history
- Latin titular see
- Maronite titular see
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Sources and external links
Arqa (; ) is a Lebanese village near Miniara in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast.
The town was a notable city-state during the Iron Age. The city of Irqata sent 10,000 soldiers to the coalition against the Assyrian king in the Battle of Qarqar. The former bishopric became a double Catholic titular see (Latin and Maronite). The Roman Emperor Alexander Severus was born there. It is significant for the Tell Arqa, an archaeological site that goes back to Neolithic times, and during the Crusades there was a strategically significant castle.