Marka
Marka is a refugee camp in Amman Governorate, Jordan. Marka is situated nearby to the aerodrome Amman Civil Airport, as well as near the neighborhood Jabal el-Hussein camp.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Amman Civil Airport and ‘Ain Ghazal.
Amman Civil Airport
Aerodrome
Amman Civil Airport, commonly known as Marka International Airport, is located in Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan, some 5 kilometres northeast of Amman's city centre.
‘Ain Ghazal
Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in Amman, Jordan, about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. 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. ‘Ain Ghazal is situated 2 km northwest of Marka.
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 5 km northeast of Marka.
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 6 km west of Marka.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
Marka
- Type: Refugee camp
- Also known as: “Marqa”
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.97427° or 31° 58′ 27″ northLongitude
35.98488° or 35° 59′ 6″ eastElevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)Open location code
8G3QXXFM+PXGeoNames ID
248175
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In Other Languages
“Marka” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “Mārkā”
- Arabic: “ماركا”
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