Zarqa Governorate
Zarqa Governorate is the third largest governorate in Jordan by population. The capital of Zarqa governorate is Zarqa City, which is the largest city in the governorate.
- Type: State with 911,000 residents
- Description: governorate in Jordan
- Also known as: “al-Zarqa”, “Ardal Lywodraethol Zarca”, “Aţ Ţafīlah”, “Az Zarqā’”, “Gobernacion de Az Zarqa‘”, “Gobernación de Az Zarqa‘”, “Gobernacion de Zarka”, “Gobernación de Zarqa‘”, “Gofernad Zarqa”, “Gouvernement az-Zarqa”, “Governatorato di Zarqa”, “Muhafazat az Zarqa‘”, “Muhafazat az-Zarqa”, “Zarkos muhafaza”, “Zarqa”, “Зарка”, and “زرقا”
Zarqa Governorate
- Categories: governorate of Jordan and locality
- Location: Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.9414° or 31° 56′ 29″ north
Longitude
36.7495° or 36° 44′ 58″ east
Population
911,000
Elevation
603 metres (1,978 feet)
Open location code
8G3RWPRX+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Zarqa Governorate” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ዛርቃ”
- Arabic: “الزرقاء”
- Arabic: “محافظة الزرقاء”
- Armenian: “Զարքայի մարզ”
- Azerbaijani: “Zarqa”
- Basque: “Zarqa Gobernazioa”
- Basque: “Zarqa”
- Belarusian: “Эз-Зарка (мухафаза)”
- Belarusian: “Эз-Зарка”
- Bengali: “জারকা গভর্নোরেট”
- Bengali: “জারকা”
- Catalan: “Governació de Zarqa”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā‘”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā’”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای زەرقا”
- Chinese: “扎尔卡省”
- Chinese: “扎爾卡省”
- Czech: “Zarká”
- Danish: “Zarqa Governorate”
- Dutch: “Zarka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظه الزرقا”
- Esperanto: “Zarkao”
- Finnish: “Az Zarqa”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Zarqa”
- French: “Zarqa”
- German: “Gouvernement Zarqa”
- German: “Zarqa”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ζάρκα”
- Gujarati: “ઝારકા ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hausa: “Zarqa”
- Hebrew: “זרקא”
- Hebrew: “מחוז זרקא”
- Hindi: “ज़रक़ा प्रान्त”
- Hindi: “ज़ारका गवर्नरेट”
- Hungarian: “Zarká kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Zarqa”
- Italian: “governatorato di al-Zarqa”
- Italian: “Governatorato di al-Zarqa”
- Japanese: “ザルカ”
- Japanese: “ザルカ県”
- Javanese: “Zarqa”
- Kannada: “ಝರ್ಖಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Заркa”
- Kirghiz: “Заркa”
- Korean: “자르카주”
- Latvian: “Zerkas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Zarkos muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Zarqa”
- Malay: “Zarqa”
- Marathi: “झर्क गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Mazanderani: “زرقاء استان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Zarqa Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zarqa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zarqa guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Zarqa”
- Oromo: “Zarqa”
- Panjabi: “ਜ਼ਾਰਕਾ”
- Persian: “استان زرقا”
- Persian: “زرقاء”
- Polish: “Az-Zarka”
- Portuguese: “Governorado de Zarqa”
- Portuguese: “Zarqa”
- Pushto: “زرقاء”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Zarqa”
- Russian: “Эз-Зарка”
- Scots: “Zarqa Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “සරකා පළාත”
- Somali: “Zarqa”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Zarká”
- Spanish: “Zarqa”
- Swahili: “Zarqa”
- Swedish: “az-Zarqa”
- Swedish: “Az-Zarqa”
- Tajik: “Заркa”
- Tamil: “சார்கியா கோவெர்னோரே”
- Tatar: “Заркa”
- Telugu: “జర్ఖా గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการอัซซัรกออ์”
- Turkish: “Zarqa Yönetimi”
- Turkish: “Zerka”
- Ukrainian: “Ез-Зарка”
- Ukrainian: “Провінція Ез-Зарка”
- Urdu: “محافظہ زرقاء”
- Uzbek: “Zarqa”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Zarqa”
- Welsh: “Ardal Lywodraethol Zarqa”
- Western Armenian: “Զարքայի մարզ”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع زرقا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rujm al Malalih and Azraq.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Geoglyph Old Dwelling and 5MW Photovoltaic Solar Plant @ Azraq.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.