Ar Ruḩayl
Ar Ruḩayl is a ruin in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
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.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
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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 9 km southeast of Ar Ruḩayl.
Ar Ruḩayl
- Type: Ruin
- Also known as: “Ar Ruhayl”, “Er Ruheil”, and “Ruḩayl”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.13333° or 32° 8′ northLongitude
36.05° or 36° 3′ eastElevation
533 metres (1,749 feet)Open location code
8G4R43M2+82GeoNames ID
250327
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In Other Languages
“Ar Ruḩayl” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الرحيل”
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