Wādī Umm Qays

Wādī Umm Qays is a wadi in Irbid Governorate, Jordan. Wādī Umm Qays is situated nearby to the locality As Saqī, as well as near Şaydūr.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gadara and Umm Qais Museum.

Gadara

Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gadara, in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.

Umm Qais Museum

Museum

The Umm Qais Museum, also known as the Umm Qais Archaeological Museum, is an archaeological museum at the ancient site of Gadara in Umm Qais, northern Jordan.

West Theatre

Theater building

Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.

West Theatre is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umm Qais and Malka.

Umm Qais, also known as Qays, is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with Israel and Syria.

Malka

Town

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malka is a town in Irbid Governorate, Jordan, within Bani Kinanah District. Official locality tables published by the Department of Statistics list Malka among the localities of Irbid. Malka is situated 8 km northeast of Wādī Umm Qays.

Sha’ar HaGolan

Village

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Sha'ar HaGolan is a kibbutz situated at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Jordan Valley area of north-eastern Israel. Located less than 1 km from the border with Jordan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Sha’ar HaGolan is situated 8 km northwest of Wādī Umm Qays.

Wādī Umm Qays

Type: Wadi
Also known as: “Raud ’Ain Um Qeis”, “Rawḑ ‘Ayn Umm Qays”, “Wādī Um Qeis”, and “Wadi Umm Qays”
Category: body of water
Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.63663° or 32° 38′ 12″ north

Longitude

35.67221° or 35° 40′ 20″ east

Elevation

-25 metres (-82 feet)

Open location code

8G4QJMPC+MV

GeoNames ID

246200

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