Samma
Samma is a village in northern Jordan, located 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman and about 18 km West of the city Irbid. It is perched on a hilltop 325 metres above sea level overlooking Jordan Valley and the Sea of Tiberias.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 8,930 residents
- Description: village in Jordan
- Also known as: “Samma, Jordan” and “Sammeh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Der Abi Saeed and Umm Qais.
Der Abi Saeed
Town
Photo: ENG MOAD86, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Der Abi Saeed is a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. It is named after a historic Christian chapel in the place where the city is built. The city gained importance in the early 20th century after the formation of a self-governing body following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Der Abi Saeed is situated 8 km south of Samma.
Umm Qais
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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.
Samma
- Category: village in Jordan
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Samma” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صما”
- Cebuano: “Şammā”
- Persian: “صما”
- Polish: “Samma”
- Swedish: “Şammā”
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