Khirbat al Qaşr
Khirbat al Qaşr is a ruin in Balqa Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 925 metres. Khirbat al Qaşr is situated nearby to the peak Wadi Shuʿeib.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wadi Shuʿeib and Salt Archaeological Museum.
Wadi Shuʿeib
Peak
Photo: Adeeb Atwan, CC BY 3.0.
Wadi Shueib, Arabic for the Valley of Jethro and properly Wadi Shuʿeib but with many variant romanisations, is a wadi in Jordan. The alluvial fan of the wadi where it enters the southern part of the eastern Jordan Valley is known as Wadi Nimrin, which leads into the Jordan River. Wadi Shuʿeib is situated 3½ km southwest of Khirbat al Qaşr.
Salt Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salt Archaeological Museum is situated 3 km west of Khirbat al Qaşr.
Historic Old Salt Museum
Museum
Photo: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historic Old Salt Museum is situated 3½ km west of Khirbat al Qaşr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salt and Baqa’a camp.
Salt
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.
Baqa’a camp
Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in Balqa Governorate, 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. Baqa’a camp is situated 8 km east of Khirbat al Qaşr.
Khirbat al Qaşr
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Khirbat al Qasr”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.04798° or 32° 2′ 53″ northLongitude
35.76049° or 35° 45′ 38″ eastElevation
925 metres (3,035 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2QX6+55GeoNames ID
247610
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In Other Languages
“Khirbat al Qaşr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة القصر”
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