Wādī Ḩuwayjir

Wādī Ḩuwayjir is a wadi in , . Wādī Ḩuwayjir is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include ‘Ain Ghazal and Amman Civil Airport.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in , , 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. is situated 3 km southwest of Wādī Ḩuwayjir.

Aerodrome
Amman City Airport, is located in Marka district, , some 5 kilometres northeast of the capital 's city centre. During World War I, an airstrip was established near Amman in 1915 for use by German airplanes, then an ally of the ruling Ottoman Empire. is situated 4 km south of Wādī Ḩuwayjir.

Military training area
The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center is an installation located in , that specializes in counter-terrorism, special operations and irregular warfare tactics, techniques and procedures. is situated 3½ km northwest of Wādī Ḩuwayjir.

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.

Neighborhood
Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 8 km southwest of Wādī Ḩuwayjir.

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.

Wādī Ḩuwayjir

Latitude
32.007° or 32° 0′ 25″ north
Longitude
35.99684° or 35° 59′ 49″ east
Elevation
662 metres (2,172 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q2X4W+RP
Geo­Names ID
249005
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