Back ተርቃ Amharic تيرقا Arabic Terqa Catalan Terqa German Terqa Spanish تل آشارا Persian Terqa Finnish Terqa French תרקה HE Tirka Hungarian
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| Location | Syria |
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| Region | Deir ez-Zor Governorate |
| Coordinates | 34°55′24″N 40°34′10″E / 34.92333°N 40.56944°E |
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Terqa is the name of an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the modern border with Iraq and 64 kilometres (40 mi) north of the ancient site of Mari, Syria. Its name had become Sirqu by Neo-Assyrian times.