Rawḑ Umm Zuwaytīnah
Rawḑ Umm Zuwaytīnah is a wadi in Amman Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 860 metres. Rawḑ Umm Zuwaytīnah is situated nearby to the neighborhood Yajuz, as well as near the locality Iskān al Jāmi‘ah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet Yajouz.
Khirbet Yajouz
Archaeological site
Photo: Yazan Al-Hajjaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khirbet Yajouz is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century ACE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Baqa’a camp.
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 7 km south of Rawḑ Umm Zuwaytīnah.
Baqa’a camp
Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in Balqa Governorate, 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. Baqa’a camp is situated 8 km northwest of Rawḑ Umm Zuwaytīnah.
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.
Rawḑ Umm Zuwaytīnah
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Rauḍ Um Zuweitina” and “Rawd Umm Zuwaytinah”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.03331° or 32° 1′ 60″ northLongitude
35.91264° or 35° 54′ 46″ eastElevation
860 metres (2,822 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2WM7+83GeoNames ID
246098
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yajuz and Iskān al Jāmi‘ah.
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Highlights include Khirbat Yājūz and Kawm Yājūz.
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