Middle East
Jordan
Amman Governorate

Marka

Marka is a locality in , . Marka is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include ‘Ain Ghazal and Amman Civil Airport.

Archaeological site
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Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in , , about 2 km north-west of . The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.

Aerodrome
, commonly known as Marka International Airport, is located in Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, , some 5 kilometres northeast of 's city centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.

Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 4½ km northeast of Marka.

Neighborhood
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 6 km west of Marka.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Marka

Latitude
31.98333° or 31° 59′ north
Longitude
35.98333° or 35° 59′ east
Elevation
752 metres (2,467 feet)
IATA airport code
ADJ
Open location code
8G3QXXMM+88
Geo­Names ID
248174
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In Other Languages

“Marka” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Mārkā”

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