Ayn al Aqabah
Ayn al Aqabah is a spring in Kerak, King’s Highway and has an elevation of 861 metres. Ayn al Aqabah is situated nearby to the locality Wadi al Thanniya, as well as near the neighborhood البركة.Places of Interest
Highlights include Karak Castle.
Karak Castle
Photo: Bgabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kerak Castle is a large medieval castle located in al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest castles in the Levant. Construction began in the 1140s, under Pagan and Fulk, King of Jerusalem.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabba.
Rabba
Town
Rabba is a town in Jordan in the Karak Governorate. As ancient Areopolis, it is a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. Rabba lies about 15 kilometres north of the city of Al-Karak. It had a population of about 7200 in 2015. Rabba is situated 9 km north of Ayn al Aqabah.
Ayn al Aqabah
- Type: Spring
- Also known as: “‘Ain el ‘Aqaba”, “‘Ayn al ‘Aqabah”, and “`Ayn al `Aqabah”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kerak, King’s Highway, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.18694° or 31° 11′ 13″ northLongitude
35.71194° or 35° 42′ 43″ eastElevation
861 metres (2,825 feet)Open location code
8G3Q5PP6+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 798877221OpenStreetMap feature
natural=springGeoNames ID
250398
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Ayn al Aqabah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عين العقبة”
- French: “Ayn al Aqabah”
- German: “Ayn al Aqabah”
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Localities in the Area
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