Ar Ruşayfah
Ar Ruşayfah is a locality in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Ar Ruşayfah is situated nearby to the city Russeifa, as well as near the neighborhood Marka camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. 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. Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp is situated 7 km northeast of Ar Ruşayfah.
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. 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 Amman.
Ar Ruşayfah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ar Rusayfah”, “Er Refeia”, “Er Ruseifa”, “Reseife”, and “Ruseifa”
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.01727° or 32° 1′ 2″ northLongitude
36.03271° or 36° 1′ 58″ eastElevation
671 metres (2,201 feet)Open location code
8G4R228M+W3GeoNames ID
250321
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In Other Languages
“Ar Ruşayfah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الرصيفة”
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