Wādī Rujm al Ḩamīr

Wādī Rujm al Ḩamīr is a wadi in , . Wādī Rujm al Ḩamīr is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amman Civil Airport and ‘Ain Ghazal.

Aerodrome
Amman City Airport, is located in Marka district, , some 5 kilometres northeast of the capital 's city centre. During World War I, an airstrip was established near Amman in 1915 for use by German airplanes, then an ally of the ruling Ottoman Empire.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in , , about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.

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 3½ km northeast of Wādī Rujm al Ḩamīr.

Neighborhood
Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 7 km west of Wādī Rujm al Ḩamīr.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Wādī Rujm al Ḩamīr

Latitude
31.98333° or 31° 59′ north
Longitude
36° east
Elevation
753 metres (2,470 feet)
Open location code
8G3RX2M2+82
Geo­Names ID
247290
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Localities in the Area

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