Ar Riwaq
Ar Riwaq is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. Ar Riwaq has an elevation of 866 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Ar Riwāq”, “Ar Ruwāq”, “Er Riwāq”, “Er Ruwāq”, “Ḩayy ar Riwāq”, “Hayy ar Ruwaq”, and “Ḩayy ar Ruwāq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Citadel Hill and Roman Theater.
Citadel Hill
The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of Jordan. Citadel Hill is situated 3 km south of Ar Riwaq.
Roman Theater
Theater building
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roman Theatre of Amman is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. A famous landmark in the Jordanian capital, it dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia. Roman Theater is situated 3 km south of Ar Riwaq.
King Abdullah I Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The King Abdullah I Mosque is a mosque, located in Amman, Jordan. Named in honour of Abdullah I, the mosque was built between 1982 and 1989 and is capped by a blue mosaic dome beneath which 3,000 Muslims may offer prayer. King Abdullah I Mosque is situated 3 km southwest of Ar Riwaq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Amman.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
Al-Wehdat camp
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast Amman, the capital city of Jordan, occupies a 0.48 km2. Al-Wehdat camp is situated 6 km south of Ar Riwaq.
Ar Riwaq
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Uzbek—“Ar Riwaq” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Ar Riwaq”
- Arabic: “الرواق”
- Arabic: “حي الرواق”
- Dutch: “Ar Riwaq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الرواق”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar Riwaq”
- Persian: “ریواق”
- Scots: “Ar Riwaq”
- Uzbek: “Ar Riwaq”
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