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Abila
Abila, Quwaylibah, distinguished as Abila in the Decapolis, Abila Dekapoleos, and also known for a time as Seleucia, was an ancient city in the Decapolis. It is occupied by two tells (Tell al-Abila and Tell Umm al-Amad) and the village of Hartha, north-northeast of Irbid, Jordan. Excavations indicate that the site was inhabited in the early Bronze Age, and appears to have been continually used by man since then. The site was in use until the Abbasid, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.
The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Abila City (Modern Qweilbeh).
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Abila
UNESCO Tentative List
Date of Submission
2001
Third Millennium BC
Bronze Age
Roman + Byzantine + Islamic
Mixed Monuments
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