- El
Qantara (Arabic: القنطرة, romanized: al qantara, lit. 'the bridge') is a
northeastern Egyptian city on both
sides of the Suez Canal, in the Egyptian...
- and Maronites. In 1838, Eli
Smith observed that the
place was
called el-
Kantarah and was
situated to the west of esh-Sheikh
Mohammed The po****tion consisted...
-
Marjayoun District in
southern Lebanon.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name El
Kantarah means "the arch",
qantara (Arabic: قنطرة) also
being used in
Arabic to...
- a day's
journey to the
north of Kūfah city,
probably near the town of
Kanṭarah-al-Kūfah,
otherwise called Al-Kanāṭīr, 'the Bridges,'
which doubtless carried...
- were
reinforced and the
squadron at
Kantarah was
involved in a
small action at Bir El Dueidar,
between Kantarah and
Katia which was the brigade's first...
-
constructed by
Palestine Railways on its main line
which ran from
Haifa to
Kantarah in Egypt.
Following the
establishment of the
state of Israel,
Israel Railways...
-
approximately 12
kilometres (7.5 mi)
south of Sidon,
northeast of Ain
Kantarah in Lebanon. The area of
black soil
around 600
metres (2,000 ft) by 30 metres...
- have
direct railway services to
three continents:
Istanbul in Europe,
Kantarah in Africa, and
Medina in Asia. To this day, the
distances on the Israel...
