Qasr Uweinid
Qasr Uweinid is an archaeological site in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Jordan
- Also known as: “Kasr Weined”, “Qasr ‘Uweinid”, “Qaşr al ‘Uwaynid”, “Qasr al `Uwaynid”, “Qasr al-Uwaynid”, “Qaṣr el ‘Uweined”, “Qaṣr el ‘Uweinid”, “Qasr el `Uweinid”, and “Qasr el-Uweinid”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Azraq.
Azraq
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Azraq is a small town in Zarqa Governorate in central-eastern Jordan, 100 kilometres east of Amman. The population of Azraq was 9,021 in 2004. The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is located in Azraq.
Qasr Uweinid
- Categories: castrum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.7849° or 31° 47′ 6″ northLongitude
36.73366° or 36° 44′ 1″ eastElevation
540 metres (1,772 feet)Open location code
8G3RQPMM+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 696191436OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteGeoNames ID
247589Wikidata ID
Q107652592
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Qasr Uweinid” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر العويند”
- French: “Qasr el `Uweinid”
- French: “Qasr el-Uweinid”
- German: “Kleinkastell Qasr el-Uweinid”
- German: “Qasr el-Uweinid”
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