Al-Rajib
Al-Rajib or simply Rajib is a town in Qweismeh area of Greater Amman Municipality in northwest Jordan. It's known for the Cave of the Seven Sleepers being located there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Ar Rajīb”, “Ar Raqim”, “Ar Raqīm”, “Ar-Raqim”, “El Rajib”, “Er Rajīb”, “Rajib”, and “Rajîb”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Wehdat camp and Amman.
Al-Wehdat camp
Neighborhood
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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 northwest of Al-Rajib.
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.
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. Jabal el-Hussein camp is situated 10 km northwest of Al-Rajib.
Al-Rajib
- Categories: human settlement and archaeological site
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Al-Rajib” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Ar Rajib”
- Arabic: “الرجيب”
- Arabic: “الرقيم”
- Arabic: “قرية الرقيم”
- Bulgarian: “Раджиб”
- Chinese: “拉吉布”
- Dutch: “Ar Rajib”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قرية الرقيم”
- Irish: “Raqim”
- Italian: “Ahl al-Kahf”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ar Rajib”
- Persian: “الرجیب”
- Romanian: “Al-Rajib”
- Scots: “Ar Rajib”
- Urdu: “الرجیب”
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