Anjara
Anjara is an ancient town located at northern Jordan in the Ajloun Governorate. The city is situated 4 kilometers to the south of Ajloun, and 73 kilometers to the north of the Jordanian capital Amman.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 17,600 residents
- Description: Ajloun, Jordan
- Also known as: “‘Anjara”, “`Anjarah”, and “Anjarah”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ajlun Castle.
Ajlun Castle
Photo: High Contrast, CC BY 3.0 de.
Ajloun Castle, medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal Auf after a Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century. Ajlun Castle is situated 3½ km northwest of Anjara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kufranjah and Husainyyat.
Kufranjah
Town
Kufranjah is a municipality in the Ajloun Governorate, located in the northwestern region of Jordan. It serves as the administrative center for the Kufranjah District. Kufranjah is situated 5 km west of Anjara.
Husainyyat
Village
Husainyyat is a village in the northern portion of Jordan, lying between Ajlun and Jerash. It has an average elevation of 965 meters above the sea level. Husainyyat is situated 6 km southeast of Anjara.
Souf
Town
Photo: Banimustafa, Public domain.
Souf is a town in Jerash Governorate, Jordan, set over a series of mountains at an altitude of 1,000 meters. Souf is situated 35 miles north of Amman, the capital of Jordan. Souf is situated 8 km east of Anjara.
Anjara
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Ajlun, Northern Jordan, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.30658° or 32° 18′ 24″ northLongitude
35.75569° or 35° 45′ 21″ eastPopulation
17,600Elevation
869 metres (2,851 feet)Open location code
8G4Q8Q44+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 540032379OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
250420Wikidata ID
Q6049649
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Anjara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عجلون”
- Arabic: “عنجرة”
- Armenian: “Անջարա”
- Asturian: “Anjara”
- Cebuano: “‘Anjarah”
- Czech: “Andžara”
- Dutch: “‘Anjarah”
- Dutch: “Anjara”
- French: “Anjara”
- German: “Anjara”
- Hebrew: “ענג’רה”
- Hindi: “अंजारा”
- Mazanderani: “عنجره”
- Persian: “عنجره”
- Polish: “Andżara”
- Russian: “Анджара”
- Spanish: “Anjara”
- Swedish: “‘Anjarah”
- Ukrainian: “Анджара”
- Urdu: “عنجرہ”
- Uzbek: “Anjara”
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