Mukawir
Mukawir is a village in Madaba Governorate, Jordan. Mukawir is situated nearby to the village الزارة, as well as near the locality Um al Awtad.Places of Interest
Highlights include Machaerus.
Machaerus
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Machaerus was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan. The site is located 25 km southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.
Mukawir
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “El Mekâwer”, “Machaerus”, “Makāwir”, “Mekawer”, and “Mukāwir”
- Category: locality
- Location: Madaba Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.56633° or 31° 33′ 59″ northLongitude
35.63598° or 35° 38′ 10″ eastElevation
718 metres (2,356 feet)Open location code
8G3QHJ8P+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 802929045OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
247936
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