Petra
Wadi Musa is a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative center of the Petra Department and the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra, being only 3.5 km away.
- Town with about 14,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,140 metres (3,740 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as“Aljī”“El-Gi”“Elchi”“Elji”“Wadi Musa”
Places of Interest
Discover The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) and Petra Museum.
The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)
Al-Khazneh, also known as Khaznat el-Far'oun, is one…
2½ km west of Petra
Vaux Moise
Castle
Wu'ayra Castle is a ruined Crusader castle located…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petra.
Petra
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Latitude
30.32166° or 30° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.48009° or 35° 28′ 48″ east
Open location code
8G2Q8FCJ+M2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Petra” goes by many names.
Wadi MusaAlbanian
Wādī MūsáArabic
بتراArabic
وادي موسىArabic
Վադի ՄուսաArmenian
Wadi MusaBasque
ওয়াদি মুসাBengali
PetraCebuano
Wādī MūsáCebuano
دۆڵی مووساCentral Kurdish
摩西谷Chinese
瓦迪穆萨Chinese
Mojžíšovo údolíCzech
Vádí MusaCzech
Wadi MusaDanish
Wadi MusaDutch
وادى موسىEgyptian Arabic
Wadi MusaFinnish
Γουάντι ΜούσαGreek
વાડી મુસાGujarati
ואדי מוסאHebrew
वाडी मूसाHindi
वादी मूसाHindi
Vádi MúszaHungarian
Wadi MusaIndonesian
PetraItalian
Wadi MusaItalian
ワディ・ムサJapanese
ವಾಡಿ ಮುಸKannada
와디 무사Korean
VadimusaLatvian
Vadi MusaLithuanian
Wadi MusaMalay
വാദി മൂസMalayalam
वाडी मूसाMarathi
Wadi MusaNorwegian Bokmål
Wadi MusaNorwegian Nynorsk
وادی موسیPersian
Wadi MusaPolish
Wadi MusaRomanian
Вади-МусаRussian
ПетраRussian
Wadi MusaScots
වැඩි මුසාSinhala
Wadi MusaSlovenian
Wadi MusaSwedish
வாடி மூஸாTamil
వాడి ముసాTelugu
วาดิ มูซาThai
AynimusaTurkish
Ваді-МусаUkrainian
وادی موسیUrdu
Wadi MusaVietnamese
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