Bushra
Bushra is a town in the Irbid Governorate, Jordan. It rises 560 metres above sea level. It is located East of the municipality and town of Irbid 3 km, to the North by the towns of Hakama and Beit Ras, to the South by the town of Huwwarah and to the East by the town of Sal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 21,500 residents
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as: “Bishra”, “Bushrá”, “Bushra, Jordan”, and “sal”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irbid and Irbid camp.
Irbid
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Irbid is a city in northern Jordan, some 88 km north of the capital Amman. Archaeological evidence reveals that Irbid has been settled since the Bronze Age.
Irbid camp
Neighborhood
Irbid Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Irbid. It was one of the four camps founded in Jordan to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, the others being Jabal el-Hussein camp, Al-Wehdat refugee camp and Zarqa Camp. Irbid camp is situated 5 km west of Bushra.
Aydoun
Town
Aydoun is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis, but this is disputed. It had a population of 63,244 as of 2018. Aydoun is situated 6 km southwest of Bushra.
Bushra
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.54819° or 32° 32′ 54″ northLongitude
35.89814° or 35° 53′ 53″ eastPopulation
21,500Elevation
538 metres (1,765 feet)Open location code
8G4QGVXX+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 802821409OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
249838Wikidata ID
Q12198462
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