Middle East
Jordan
Amman Governorate

Umm Zuwaytinah

Umm Zuwaytinah is a town in the of north-western . Umm Zuwaytinah has an elevation of 954 metres.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Um Zeweitina”, “Um Zuweitīna”, and “Umm Zuwaytīnah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khirbet Yajouz.

Archaeological site
Photo: Yazan Al-Hajjaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of , Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE. is situated 2½ km east of Umm Zuwaytinah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baqa’a camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.

Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in , 20 km north of the capital , and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. is situated 6 km northwest of Umm Zuwaytinah.

Neighborhood
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 8 km southeast of Umm Zuwaytinah.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Umm Zuwaytinah

Latitude
32.03285° or 32° 1′ 58″ north
Longitude
35.88797° or 35° 53′ 17″ east
Elevation
954 metres (3,130 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q2VMQ+45
Geo­Names ID
246099
Wiki­data ID
Q1387946
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Uzbek—“Umm Zuwaytinah” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Umm Zuwaytinah”
  • Arabic: “أم زويتينة”
  • Dutch: “Umm Zuwaytinah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ام زويتينه”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Umm Zuwaytinah”
  • Persian: “ام زویتینه”
  • Scots: “Umm Zuwaytinah”
  • Uzbek: “Umm Zuwaytinah”

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Highlights include ‘Ayn Yājūz and Umm Ḩulaylīfah.

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