Wādī al Murūj
Wādī al Murūj is a wadi in Jordan and has an elevation of 819 metres. Wādī al Murūj is situated nearby to the neighborhood Yajuz, as well as near the area Zaynāt ar Rubū‘.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet Yajouz and King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre.
Khirbet Yajouz
Archaeological site
Photo: Yazan Al-Hajjaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khirbet Yajouz is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE. Khirbet Yajouz is situated 2½ km west of Wādī al Murūj.
King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre
Military training area
The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center is an installation located in Amman, Jordan that specializes in counter-terrorism, special operations and irregular warfare tactics, techniques and procedures. King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre is situated 3½ km east of Wādī al Murūj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
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 8 km southeast of Wādī al Murūj.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman. Jabal el-Hussein camp is situated 9 km south of Wādī al Murūj.
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 10 km west of Wādī al Murūj.
Wādī al Murūj
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wadi al Muruj”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.04324° or 32° 2′ 36″ northLongitude
35.9418° or 35° 56′ 31″ eastElevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2WVR+7PGeoNames ID
247860
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khirbat Yājūz and Ghābat Shuhadā’ Silāḩ al Midfa‘īyah.
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