Aydoun
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 18,400 residents
- Description: town in Irbid Governorate, Jordan
- Also known as: “Aidoon”, “Aidūn”, “Aydun”, and “Eidūn”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Husn and Irbid.
Al-Husn
Town
Photo: Issagm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Al-Husn is a town in northern Jordan, located 65 km north of Amman, and about 7 km south of Irbid. It has a population of 35,085. The region has fertile soil which along with the moderate climate allows the growing of high quality crops. Al-Husn is situated 3½ km southeast of Aydoun.
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.
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 6 km north of Aydoun.
Aydoun
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.5107° or 32° 30′ 39″ northLongitude
35.85586° or 35° 51′ 21″ eastPopulation
18,400Elevation
657 metres (2,156 feet)Open location code
8G4QGV64+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 7549550949OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
250152Wikidata ID
Q27125371
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Aydoun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إيدون (إربد)”
- Arabic: “إيدون”
- Arabic: “ايدون”
- Asturian: “Aydoun”
- Cebuano: “Aydūn”
- French: “Aydoun”
- Hebrew: “עיידון”
- Mazanderani: “ایدون (عمان)”
- Mazanderani: “ایدون”
- Persian: “ایدون (اردن)”
- Persian: “ایدون (عمان)”
- Persian: “ایدون”
- Romanian: “Aydoun”
- Spanish: “Aydun”
- Swedish: “Aydūn”
- Ukrainian: “Айдун”
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