Wādī al Maqţa‘
Wādī al Maqţa‘ is a wadi in Balqa Governorate, Jordan. Wādī al Maqţa‘ is situated nearby to the village Al Kafrayn, as well as near the locality Al ‘Ajājirah.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell er-Rameh.
Tell er-Rameh
Archaeological site
Photo: Deg777, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell er-Rameh or Tall el-Rama is a small mound in Jordan rising in the plain east of the River Jordan, about twelve miles from Jericho. It presently has a Muslim cemetery on the acropolis that prevents it from being excavated. Tell er-Rameh is situated 3½ km southeast of Wādī al Maqţa‘.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas.
Al Maghtas
Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. Al Maghtas is situated 7 km west of Wādī al Maqţa‘.
Wādī al Maqţa‘
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wadi al Maqta`”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.85359° or 31° 51′ 13″ northLongitude
35.62554° or 35° 37′ 32″ eastElevation
-249 metres (-817 feet)Open location code
8G3QVJ3G+C6GeoNames ID
248205
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In Other Languages
“Wādī al Maqţa‘” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي المقطع”
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