‘Ayn Umm Rakham
‘Ayn Umm Rakham is a spring in Amman Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 949 metres. ‘Ayn Umm Rakham is situated nearby to the locality Ţāb Kirā‘, as well as near Iskān Abū Nuşayr.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 CE. Khirbet Yajouz is situated 4 km southeast of ‘Ayn Umm Rakham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baqa’a camp.
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 4 km west of ‘Ayn Umm Rakham.
‘Ayn Umm Rakham
- Type: Spring
- Also known as: “‘Ain Um Rakhm” and “`Ayn Umm Rakham”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.06199° or 32° 3′ 43″ northLongitude
35.88558° or 35° 53′ 8″ eastElevation
949 metres (3,114 feet)Open location code
8G4Q3V6P+Q6GeoNames ID
246187
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