Al Qastal
Al Qastal is a town in the Amman Governorate of northern Jordan. Originally established as an Umayyad settlement, it remains the oldest and most complete such settlement in the Near East.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 750 metres (2,460 feet)
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as“Al Qastal, Jordan”“Al Qastel”“El Qasṭal”“El Qastel”“Kastal”“Qastal el-Balqa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talbieh camp and Al-Jizah.
Talbieh camp
Village
Talbieh Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.
5 km south of Al Qastal
Al Qastal
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Latitude
31.75° or 31° 45′ north
Longitude
35.93333° or 35° 56′ east
Open location code
8G3QQW2M+28
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Al Qastal” goes by many names.
Al QastalAlbanian
القسطلArabic
القصطلArabic
قصر القسطلArabic
আল কাস্তাল, জর্ডানBengali
Al-QastalCatalan
Al QastalDutch
قصر القسطلEgyptian Arabic
הקסטלHebrew
Al Qastal i JordanNorwegian Nynorsk
ال قستال، جردنPersian
قسطالPersian
Al-KastalPolish
Al-Kastal (Jordania)Polish
Al-QastalSwedish
Әл-Кастал торак пунктыTatar
القسطل، اردنUrdu
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