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Al-Qusayr ((アラビア語:القصير) (:elʔʊˈsˤeːɾ); (:alqʊˈsˤeːr, alqʊˈsˤɑjr)) is a city in western Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate. It is located about south of Homs and is situated in a mountainous area overlooking Syria's border with Lebanon which lies 15 kilometers 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 . 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.〔 ==History== 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 ancient deity Qetesh (Qetesh-goddess of beauty) 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 Qadesh, May 1274 BCE between the forces of Ramesses II's Egypt and the Anatolian Empire of the Hittites of Muwatalli II. Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi visited the town in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule, and noted al-Qusayr was located north of Damascus, was surrounded by gardens and possessed an extensive ''khan'' (caravansary.)〔le Strange, 1890, p.489.〕 During the Khedivate Egyptian conquest of the Levant in 1832, Ibrahim Pasha, the leader of the campaign, was hosted in al-Qusayr. Following his army's withdrawal, several Egyptian families remained in the town because of its climate and abundant agriculture. Olives, apples, apricots, wheat, barley and potatoes were grown in the area.〔Yusef, Danny. (The City of al-Qusayr - Daughter of the Orontes ). ''E-Homs''. E-Syria. 2008-12-27.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Qusayr, Syria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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