Middle East
Jordan
Zarqa Governorate

‘Urqūb aş Şammān

‘Urqūb aş Şammān is a spur in , and has an elevation of 705 metres. ‘Urqūb aş Şammān is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zarqa and Marka camp.

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is the capital of in . Its name means "the blue ". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after .

Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 6 km south of ‘Urqūb aş Şammān.

Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of . It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. is situated 6 km east of ‘Urqūb aş Şammān.

‘Urqūb aş Şammān

Latitude
32.06357° or 32° 3′ 49″ north
Longitude
36.02502° or 36° 1′ 30″ east
Elevation
705 metres (2,313 feet)
Open location code
8G4R327G+C2
Geo­Names ID
247012
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Localities in the Area

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