Middle East
Jordan
Ma’an Governorate

Petra

Wadi Musa is a town located in the in southern . It is the administrative center of the Petra Department and the nearest town to the archaeological site of , being only 3.5 km away.
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  • Type: Town with 14,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Aljī”, “El-Gi”, “Elchi”, “Elji”, and “Wadi Musa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) and Vaux Moise.

Photo: Graham Racher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Al-Khazneh, also known as Khaznat el-Far'oun, is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in , a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times. is situated 2½ km west of Petra.

Castle
Wu'ayra Castle is a ruined Crusader castle located in Wadi Musa, , 1 kilometre north of the main entrance to . It was founded by Baldwin I of Jerusalem as an outpost of the larger Montreal Castle, which stands about 34 kilometres north of it at .

Peak
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain at , , at whose peak there is a large Nabataean ritual site centered around an altar. is situated 3 km west of Petra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petra.

Photo: Faraheed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the fabled "rose red city, half as old as time", is a well known ancient Nabataean city in the south of . Due to its breathtaking grandeur and fabulous ruins, was recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985.

Petra

Latitude
30.32166° or 30° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.48009° or 35° 28′ 48″ east
Population
14,000
Elevation
1,127 metres (3,698 feet)
Open location code
8G2Q8FCJ+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 411050499
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
246008
Wiki­data ID
Q2739446
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Petra” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Wadi Musa”
  • Arabic: “Wādī Mūsá”
  • Arabic: “بترا”
  • Arabic: “وادي موسى”
  • Armenian: “Վադի Մուսա”
  • Basque: “Wadi Musa”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াদি মুসা”
  • Cebuano: “Petra”
  • Cebuano: “Wādī Mūsá”
  • Central Kurdish: “دۆڵی مووسا”
  • Chinese: “摩西谷”
  • Chinese: “瓦迪穆萨”
  • Czech: “Mojžíšovo údolí”
  • Czech: “Vádí Musa”
  • Danish: “Wadi Musa”
  • Dutch: “Wadi Musa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وادى موسى”
  • Finnish: “Wadi Musa”
  • French: “Val-Moyse”
  • French: “Wadi Moussa”
  • French: “Wadi Musa”
  • German: “Wadi Musa”
  • Greek: “Γουάντι Μούσα”
  • Gujarati: “વાડી મુસા”
  • Hebrew: “ואדי מוסא”
  • Hindi: “वाडी मूसा”
  • Hindi: “वादी मूसा”
  • Hungarian: “Vádi Músza”
  • Indonesian: “Wadi Musa”
  • Italian: “Petra”
  • Italian: “Wadi Musa”
  • Japanese: “ワディ・ムサ”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಡಿ ಮುಸ”
  • Korean: “와디 무사”
  • Latvian: “Vadimusa”
  • Lithuanian: “Vadi Musa”
  • Malay: “Wadi Musa”
  • Malayalam: “വാദി മൂസ”
  • Marathi: “वाडी मूसा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wadi Musa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wadi Musa”
  • Persian: “وادی موسی”
  • Polish: “Wadi Musa”
  • Portuguese: “Wadi Musa”
  • Romanian: “Wadi Musa”
  • Russian: “Вади-Муса”
  • Russian: “Петра”
  • Scots: “Wadi Musa”
  • Sinhala: “වැඩි මුසා”
  • Slovenian: “Wadi Musa”
  • Spanish: “Wadi Musa”
  • Swedish: “Wadi Musa”
  • Tamil: “வாடி மூஸா”
  • Telugu: “వాడి ముసా”
  • Thai: “วาดิ มูซา”
  • Turkish: “Aynimusa”
  • Ukrainian: “Ваді-Муса”
  • Urdu: “وادی موسی”
  • Vietnamese: “Wadi Musa”

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