Wādī Murḩib
Wādī Murḩib is a wadi in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Wādī Murḩib is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy al Amīrah Hayā, as well as near Ḩayy Shawmar.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
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 7 km east of Wādī Murḩib.
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 south of Wādī Murḩib.
Wādī Murḩib
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wādī Mirhib” and “Wadi Murhib”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.08148° or 32° 4′ 53″ northLongitude
36.02348° or 36° 1′ 25″ eastElevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)Open location code
8G4R32JF+H9GeoNames ID
247863
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In Other Languages
“Wādī Murḩib” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي مرحب”
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