Basta
Basta is a village in Ma'an Governorate, southern Jordan. It is located about 36 kilometres southeast of Petra, at an altitude of 1,460 metres. As of 2012, it had a population of 1,491 people, compared to 461 in the 1961 census.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,440 metres (4,710 feet)
- Description: place in Jordan
- Also known as“Al Basţah”“Basta, Jordan”“Basţah”
- Category: village in Jordan
- Location
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Latitude
30.22605° or 30° 13′ 34″ north
Longitude
35.53283° or 35° 31′ 58″ east
Open location code
8G2Q6GGM+C4
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In Other Languages
“Basta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بسطة”
- Arabic: “بسطه”
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