Shoubak

Shoubak is a municipality that lies at the northwestern edge of the in . It had a population of 19,297. At one of the highest elevations above sea level in Jordan, this municipality is famous for apple and fruit farms.
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  • Type: Locality with 50 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Ash Shawbak”, “Esh Shobek”, “Shaubak”, “Shaubak Fort”, “Shawbak Fort”, and “Shobek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shoubak.

Castle
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Montreal, or Qal'at ash-Shawbak in Arabic, is a castle built by the Crusaders and expanded by the Mamluks, nestled amid the mountains of Edom just east of the Valley, perched on the side of a rocky, conical mountain, looking out over fruit orchards below.

Shoubak

Latitude
30.52134° or 30° 31′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.57135° or 35° 34′ 17″ east
Population
50
Elevation
1,331 metres (4,367 feet)
Open location code
8G2QGHCC+GG
Geo­Names ID
250290
Wiki­data ID
Q3299624
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Shoubak” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shoubak”
  • Arabic: “الشوبك (الأردن)”
  • Arabic: “الشوبك (بلدة)”
  • Arabic: “الشوبك”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Շուբաք”
  • Catalan: “Shawbak”
  • Catalan: “Shoubak”
  • Catalan: “Xawbak”
  • Cebuano: “Shoubak”
  • Chinese: “舒拜克”
  • Dutch: “Shoubak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الشوبك”
  • Finnish: “Shobak”
  • German: “Shoubak”
  • Hebrew: “שובכ”
  • Indonesian: “Al-Shoubak”
  • Irish: “Shoubak”
  • Japanese: “ショーバック”
  • Lithuanian: “Šubakas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shoubak”
  • Persian: “الشوبک، اردن”
  • Persian: “الشوبک”
  • Polish: “Asz-Szaubak”
  • Portuguese: “Shoubak”
  • Romanian: “Shoubak”
  • Russian: “Шобак”
  • Russian: “Эш-Шаубак”
  • Scots: “Shoubak”
  • Spanish: “Shawbak”
  • Swedish: “al-Shubak”
  • Swedish: “ash-Shubak”
  • Swedish: “Ash-Shubak”
  • Swedish: “Shubak”
  • Turkish: “Şubak”
  • Ukrainian: “Еш-Шобак”
  • Ukrainian: “Еш-Шубак”
  • Ukrainian: “Шобак”
  • Ukrainian: “Шубак”
  • Urdu: “شوبک”

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