‘Urqūb al Quşb
‘Urqūb al Quşb is a hill in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 723 metres. ‘Urqūb al Quşb is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy al Madīnah al Munawwarah, as well as near Juraybah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 723 metres
- Description: hill in Jordan
- Also known as: “‘Urqūb el Qiṣb” and “`Urqub al Qusb”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Zarqa.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Marka camp is situated 6 km south of ‘Urqūb al Quşb.
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. 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 Amman.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. 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. Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp is situated 6 km east of ‘Urqūb al Quşb.
‘Urqūb al Quşb
- Category: landform
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“‘Urqūb al Quşb” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “‘Urqūb al Quşb”
- Dutch: “‘Urqūb al Quşb”
- Swedish: “‘Urqūb al Quşb”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ḩayy al Madīnah al Munawwarah and Juraybah.
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