Iraq al-Amir
'Iraq al-Amir or Araq el-Amir is the name shared by a town and nearby caves, within the municipality of Amman in the Jordan Valley. Located about 15 km southwest of the town of Wadi as-Seer, it has a population of about 6000 people, mostly members of the Abbadi tribe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as: “‘Irāq al Amīr”, “‘Iraq el Amīr”, “`Iraq al Amir”, and “Iraq Al-Amir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Qasr al-Abd.
Qasr al-Abd
Ruins
Photo: Makeandtoss, CC0.
Qasr al-Abd is a large Hellenistic palace from the first quarter of the second century BCE. Most scholars agree it was built by the Tobiads, a notable Jewish family of the Second Temple period, although the descriptions doesn't mention that.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abu al-Sous and Al-Bassah.
Abu al-Sous
Village
Photo: Mohammad hajeer, CC BY 4.0.
Abu al-Sous is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Iraq al-Amir.
Al-Bassah
Village
Al-Bassah is a town in the Amman Governorate in northern Jordan. The town is known for Roman-Byzantine architectural remains of a large cave church, and a second church built outside in front of the entrance. Al-Bassah is situated 4½ km northeast of Iraq al-Amir.
Wadi Al Seer
Suburb
Wadi Al-Seer or Wadi as-Seer is a valley west of Amman, which gave its name to one of the twenty-two districts of the Greater Amman Municipality in Jordan. Wadi Al Seer is situated 8 km northeast of Iraq al-Amir.
Iraq al-Amir
- Categories: human settlement, village in Jordan, and locality
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.91507° or 31° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
35.7539° or 35° 45′ 14″ eastElevation
467 metres (1,532 feet)Open location code
8G3QWQ83+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 3678868875OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Iraq al-Amir” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “`Iraq al Amir”
- Arabic: “عراق الأمير (عمان)”
- Arabic: “عراق الأمير”
- Catalan: “Iraq al Amir”
- Dutch: “`Iraq al Amir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “عراق الامير”
- French: “Iraq al-Amir”
- German: “Iraq el-Amir”
- Hebrew: “ארמון בני טוביה”
- Hebrew: “טירוס”
- Hebrew: “עיראק אל-אמיר”
- Hebrew: “עראק אל אמיר”
- Hebrew: “עראק אל-אמיר”
- Italian: “Iraq al Amir”
- Italian: “Iraq al-Amir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “`Iraq al Amir”
- Persian: “عراق الأمیر”
- Urdu: “عراق الامير، اردن”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Qasr Al-Abd and Ayn al Tarabil.
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