Wādī al Ḩammām
Wādī al Ḩammām is a wadi in Amman Governorate, Jordan. Wādī al Ḩammām is situated nearby to the locality Minţaqat al Jubayhah, as well as near Ḩayy Ţabarbawr.Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet Yajouz and King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre.
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. Khirbet Yajouz is situated 3½ km northwest of Wādī al Ḩammām.
King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre
Military training area
The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center is an installation located in Amman, Jordan that specializes in counter-terrorism, special operations and irregular warfare tactics, techniques and procedures. King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre is situated 3½ km northeast of Wādī al Ḩammām.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Marka camp.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.
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 south of Wādī al Ḩammām.
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 7 km east of Wādī al Ḩammām.
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.
Wādī al Ḩammām
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wadi al Hammam”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.01967° or 32° 1′ 11″ northLongitude
35.94418° or 35° 56′ 39″ eastElevation
786 metres (2,579 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2W9V+VMGeoNames ID
249269
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