Tall Birkat as Sawkarān
Tall Birkat as Sawkarān is a hill in Irbid Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 574 metres. Tall Birkat as Sawkarān is situated nearby to the locality Ḩakamā, as well as near the area Banī Jahmah.- Type: Hill with an elevation of 574 metres
- Description: hill in Jordan
- Also known as: “Tall Birkat as Sawkaran”, “Tell Birkat es Sawkarān”, “Tell Birket el-Wakrân”, and “Tell Birket es-Sokrân”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Irbid camp and Irbid.
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 4½ km southwest of Tall Birkat as Sawkarān.
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.
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 10 km south of Tall Birkat as Sawkarān.
Tall Birkat as Sawkarān
- Category: landform
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tall Birkat as Sawkarān” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tall Birkat as Sawkarān”
- Dutch: “Tall Birkat as Sawkarān”
- Swedish: “Tall Birkat as Sawkarān”
Localities in the Area
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