Middle East
Jordan
Zarqa Governorate

‘Awjān al Gharbī

‘Awjān al Gharbī is a locality in , . ‘Awjān al Gharbī is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp and Marka camp.

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Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of . It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. is situated 4½ km northeast of ‘Awjān al Gharbī.

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The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 4½ km southwest of ‘Awjān al Gharbī.

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is the capital of in . Its name means "the blue ". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after .

‘Awjān al Gharbī

Latitude
32.02332° or 32° 1′ 24″ north
Longitude
36.06531° or 36° 3′ 55″ east
Elevation
637 metres (2,090 feet)
Open location code
8G4R23F8+84
Geo­Names ID
250167
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Localities in the Area

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