ʽUrjan al Gharbiyah
`Urjan al Gharbiyah is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. It is located north of the capital of Amman.- Type: Locality
- Description: place in Amman Governorate, Jordan
- Also known as: “‘Irjān el Gharbiya”, “‘Urjān al Gharbīyah”, and “`Urjan al Gharbiyah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rotana Tower and Al-Iskan Bank Building.
Rotana Tower
Hotel
Amman Rotana Hotel is a hotel in New Abdali in the district of Al-Abdali, Amman, Jordan. It is managed by Rotana Hotels. At 188 metres tall, it is ranked first on the list of tallest buildings in Amman as well as the tallest building in Jordan.
Al-Iskan Bank Building
Office building
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Iskan Bank Building is a 98-meter tall commercial building containing offices belonging to the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance located in Amman, Jordan. It is considered to be a popular landmark in Amman.
W Amman
Hotel
W Amman is a 492-foot tall five–star hotel in the New Abdali district in Amman, Jordan. W Amman was opened in April 2018 and is franchised to Eagle Hills Properties, an Abu Dhabi, UAE-based real estate development firm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Amman.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman. Jabal el-Hussein camp is situated 3 km southeast of ʽUrjan al Gharbiyah.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
Al-Wehdat camp
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast Amman, the capital city of Jordan, occupies a 0.48 km2. Al-Wehdat camp is situated 7 km southeast of ʽUrjan al Gharbiyah.
ʽUrjan al Gharbiyah
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“ʽUrjan al Gharbiyah” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “`Urjan al Gharbiyah”
- Arabic: “عرجان الغربية”
- Dutch: “`Urjan al Gharbiyah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عرجان الغربيه”
- Greek: “Ουρτζάν αλ Γκαρμπίγια”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “`Urjan al Gharbiyah”
- Persian: “ارجن الغریبه”
- Romanian: “ʽUrjan al Gharbiyah”
- Urdu: “ارجن الغربیہ، اردن”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ḩayy ash Shumaysānī and Shmeisani.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rujm al Juway‘idīyah and Madīnat al Ḩusayn ar Riyāḑīyah lish Shabāb.
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