Jibal al Qahaqir
Jibal al Qahaqir is a peak in Balqa Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 968 metres. Jibal al Qahaqir is situated nearby to the neighborhood بركة العامرية, as well as near الفرزة.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
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.
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 9 km east of Jibal al Qahaqir.
Jibal al Qahaqir
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 968 metres
- Also known as: “Jibāl al Qahāqīr”
- Category: landform
- Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.05° or 32° 3′ northLongitude
35.75° or 35° 45′ eastElevation
968 metres (3,176 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2QX2+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 802858103OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
247656
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Jibal al Qahaqir” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال القهاقير”
- French: “Jibal al Qahaqir”
- German: “Jibal al Qahaqir”
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