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A city of Bashan (), allotted out of Manasseh to the Levites; one of the three cities of refuge E. of Jordan (; ). Gaulanitis the province was named from it; E. of Galilee, N. of Hieromax separating it from Gadaritis. Jordan, from the sea of Galilee to its source at Dan and Caesarea Philippi, was its western boundary. Now Jaulan, bounded on N. by Jedur (Ituraea) and on E. by Hauran. It is a well watered, grassy table land, once densely peopled, having numerous towns and villages, of which 11 are now inhabited. The western side, the supporting wall of the plateau, along the sea of Galilee, is steep and rugged. Og or his predecessors united principalities that were before distinct; after the Babylonian captivity the four provinces of Bashan became distinct; Gaulanitis, Trachonitis, Auranitis, and Batanaea.