‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah
‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah is a hill in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 794 metres. ‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah is situated nearby to the locality Juraybah, as well as near Khirbat ar Ruşayfah.Places of Interest
Highlights include King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre.
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 3 km southwest of ‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Zarqa.
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 5 km south of ‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah.
Zarqa
Photo: Yazan4HD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 8 km east of ‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah.
‘Urqūb al Maşşāyah
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 794 metres
- Also known as: “‘Urqūb el Massaya” and “`Urqub al Massayah”
- Category: landform
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.05359° or 32° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
36.005° or 36° 0′ 18″ eastElevation
794 metres (2,605 feet)Open location code
8G4R3233+CXGeoNames ID
248126
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Localities in the Area
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