Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān

Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān is a railway station in , . Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Amman Civil Airport and ‘Ain Ghazal.

Aerodrome
Amman City Airport, is located in Marka district, , some 5 kilometres northeast of the capital 's city centre. During World War I, an airstrip was established near Amman in 1915 for use by German airplanes, then an ally of the ruling Ottoman Empire.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in , , about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered. is situated 2½ km north of Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Marka camp.

Neighborhood
Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 5 km west of Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān.

Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 6 km northeast of Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān.

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 , the capital city of , occupies a 0.48 km2. is situated 6 km southwest of Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān.

Maḩaţţat ‘Ammān

Latitude
31.96667° or 31° 58′ north
Longitude
35.98333° or 35° 59′ east
Elevation
773 metres (2,536 feet)
Open location code
8G3QXX8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
250440
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