Tall al Ushay‘ir
Tall al Ushay‘ir is an archaeological site in Irbid Governorate, Jordan. Tall al Ushay‘ir is situated nearby to the neighborhood Irbid camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irbid and Irbid camp.
Irbid
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irbid is a city in northern Jordan, some 88 km north of the capital Amman. Archaeological evidence reveals that Irbid has been settled since the Bronze Age.
Irbid camp
Neighborhood
Irbid Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Irbid. It was one of the four camps founded in Jordan to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, the others being Jabal el-Hussein camp, Al-Wehdat refugee camp and Zarqa Camp. Irbid camp is situated 5 km east of Tall al Ushay‘ir.
Aydoun
Town
Aydoun is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis, but this is disputed. It had a population of 63,244 as of 2018. Aydoun is situated 8 km southeast of Tall al Ushay‘ir.
Tall al Ushay‘ir
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Tall al Ushay`ir” and “Tell el Ashei‘ir”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.55898° or 32° 33′ 32″ northLongitude
35.79411° or 35° 47′ 39″ eastElevation
529 metres (1,736 feet)Open location code
8G4QHQ5V+HJGeoNames ID
246600
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In Other Languages
“Tall al Ushay‘ir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل الاشيعر”
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