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Sirjīllā (Extinct city)

LC control no.sh2017004690
Geographic headingSirjīllā (Extinct city)
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Geographic subdivision usageSyria--Sirjīllā (Extinct city)
Variant(s)Khirbat Sarjīlā (Extinct city)
Khirbat Serjilla (Extinct city)
Khirbat Sirjīllā (Extinct city)
Serǧilla (Extinct city)
Serjilla (Extinct city)
Sirjīllah (Extinct city)
See alsoExtinct cities--Syria
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Syria--Antiquities
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Found inWork cat.: Serǧilla, 2013: added t.p. (سرجيلا = Sirjīlla) front cover flap (Serǧilla is one of the best-preserved ancient villages in North Syria; it is an abandoned settlement located in the southern part of the Gebel Zawiye)
GEOnet, Oct. 18, 2017 (Khirbat Sirjīllā (approved); non-Roman script, خربة سرجيلا; variants: Khirbat Sarjīlā, Khirbat Serjilla; ruin)
Wikipedia, Oct. 18, 2017 (Serjilla, Arabic سيرجيلة‎‎ = Sirjīllah; one of the best preserved of the Dead Cities in northwestern Syria)
Refugees take shelter underground in abandoned Syrian town, 2012, transcript of report on PBS Newshour WWW site, viewed Dec. 12, 2017: (Byzantine city Serjilla, abandoned around 600 A.D.)