Wādī al Majarr
Wādī al Majarr is a wadi in Amman Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 847 metres. Wādī al Majarr is situated nearby to the neighborhood Yajuz, as well as near the locality Dhuhaybah.Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet Yajouz.
Khirbet Yajouz
Archaeological site
Photo: Yazan Al-Hajjaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khirbet Yajouz is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baqa’a camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
Baqa’a camp
Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in Balqa Governorate, 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. Baqa’a camp is situated 8 km west of Wādī al Majarr.
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 9 km south of Wādī al Majarr.
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 10 km southeast of Wādī al Majarr.
Wādī al Majarr
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wadi al Majarr” and “Wādī al Marbaţ”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.04663° or 32° 2′ 48″ northLongitude
35.92764° or 35° 55′ 40″ eastElevation
847 metres (2,779 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2WWH+M3GeoNames ID
248187
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