بصيرا
Busaira is a town in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan, located between the towns of Tafilah and Shoubak and closer to the latter. Bozrah is a biblical city identified by some researchers with an archaeological site situated in the town of Busaira.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,150 residents
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as: “Al Busayrah”, “Al Buşayrah”, “Al Buseira”, “Bosra”, “Bozra”, “Bozrah”, “Busaira, Jordan”, “Busayra”, “Busayrah”, “Buşayrah”, “Buseira”, “El Buseira”, and “El Busera”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Sil and Dana.
Al Sil
Locality
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Sela is a geographical name encountered several times in the Hebrew Bible, and applicable to a variety of locations. One site by this name is placed by the Second Book of Kings in Edom. Al Sil is situated 6 km northwest of بصيرا.
Dana
Village
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dana is a village near the city of Tafilah, in the Feynan area in central-western Jordan. It is situated on the edge of Wadi Dana, a large natural canyon, and has views over Wadi Araba. Dana is situated 7 km south of بصيرا.
بصيرا
- Categories: village in Jordan and locality
- Location: Tafilah Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.73846° or 30° 44′ 19″ northLongitude
35.60639° or 35° 36′ 23″ eastPopulation
7,150Elevation
1,124 metres (3,688 feet)Open location code
8G2QPJQ4+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 798882990OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
249842Wikidata ID
Q4952895
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“بصيرا” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bozrah”
- Arabic: “بصيرا”
- Cebuano: “Buşayrā”
- Dutch: “Bozrah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بصيرا”
- French: “Busayra”
- French: “Buṣeirah”
- German: “Busayra”
- Hebrew: “בצרה”
- Italian: “Bozra”
- Japanese: “ブセイラ”
- Macedonian: “Бузра”
- Macedonian: “Восор”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bozrah”
- Persian: “بصیرا”
- Polish: “Bosra”
- Portuguese: “Botsra”
- Portuguese: “Bozra”
- Romanian: “Bozrah”
- Russian: “Боцра”
- Russian: “Бусайра”
- Russian: “Восора (в Библии)”
- Scots: “Bozrah”
- Spanish: “Bosra”
- Spanish: “Bosrá”
- Spanish: “Bozra”
- Swedish: “Bozrah”
- Swedish: “Buşayrā”
- Ukrainian: “Боцра”
- Ukrainian: “Бусайра”
- Ukrainian: “Восора”
- Urdu: “بصیرا”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “بصيرا”. Photo: Uri, CC BY-SA 3.0.