Zarqa Governorate

Zarqa Governorate is the third largest governorate in by population. The capital of Zarqa governorate is City, which is the largest city in the governorate.
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  • Type: State with 911,000 residents
  • Description: governorate in Jordan
  • Also known as: Aţ Ţafīlah”, “Az Zarqā’”, “Muhafazat az Zarqa‘”, and “Zarqa

Zarqa Governorate

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
node 13294463860
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
250092
Wiki­data ID
Q721445
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Zarqa Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الزرقاء
  • Arabic: محافظة الزرقاء
  • Armenian: Զարքայի մարզ
  • Basque: Zarqa Gobernazioa
  • Basque: Zarqa
  • Belarusian: Эз-Зарка (мухафаза)
  • Belarusian: Эз-Зарка
  • Bengali: জারকা গভর্নোরেট
  • Catalan: Governació de Zarqa
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā‘
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at az Zarqā’
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای زەرقا
  • Chinese: Zarqa Séng
  • 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: az-Zarqa
  • German: Gouvernement az-Zarqa
  • German: Gouvernement Zarqa
  • German: Muhafazat az-Zarqa
  • German: Zarqa
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ζάρκα
  • Gujarati: ઝારકા ગવર્નોરેટ
  • 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
  • Italian: Governatorato di Zarqa
  • Japanese: ザルカ県
  • Kannada: ಝರ್ಖಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 자르카주
  • Latvian: Zerkas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Zarkos muchafaza
  • Lithuanian: Zarkos muhafaza
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Zarqa
  • Marathi: झर्क गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Mazanderani: زرقاء استان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Zarqa Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zarqa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zarqa guvernement
  • Norwegian: Zarqa
  • Persian: استان زرقا
  • Persian: زرقا
  • Persian: زرقاء
  • Polish: Az-Zarka
  • Portuguese: Governorado de Zarqa
  • Portuguese: Zarqa
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Zarqa
  • Russian: Эз-Зарка
  • Scots: Zarqa Govrenorate
  • Sinhala: සරකා පළාත
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Az Zarqa‘
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Az Zarqa‘
  • Spanish: Gobernacion de Zarka
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Zarká
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Zarqa‘
  • Swedish: al-Zarqa
  • Swedish: az-Zarqa
  • Swedish: Az-Zarqa
  • Swedish: Muhafazat az-Zarqa
  • Swedish: Zarqa
  • Tamil: சார்கியா கோவெர்னோரே
  • Telugu: జర్ఖా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าราชการอัซซัรกออ์
  • Turkish: Zarqa Yönetimi
  • Turkish: Zerka
  • Ukrainian: Ез-Зарка
  • Ukrainian: Зарка
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Ез-Зарка
  • Urdu: محافظہ زرقاء
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Zarqa
  • Welsh: Ardal Lywodraethol Zarca
  • Welsh: Ardal Lywodraethol Zarqa
  • Welsh: Gofernad Zarqa
  • Western Armenian: Զարքայի մարզ
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع زرقا

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