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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as: “Al Qasţal”, “Al Qastal, Jordan”, “Al Qastel”, “El Qasṭal”, “El Qastel”, “Kastal”, and “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. It is located about 35 kilometres south of Amman, placing it within the main urban area of Al-Jeezah, immediately to the west of where Desert Highway passes through the town. Talbieh camp is situated 5 km south of Al Qastal.
Al-Jizah
Town
Al-Jizah, historically known as Ziza or Zizia, is a town in northwestern Jordan. It is the 22nd district of the Amman Governorate. During the medieval period it served as a waystation for pilgrims en route to the Hajj in Mecca. Al-Jizah is situated 6 km south of Al Qastal.
Al Qastal
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.75° or 31° 45′ northLongitude
35.93333° or 35° 56′ eastElevation
743 metres (2,438 feet)Open location code
8G3QQW2M+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 802875578OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Al Qastal” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Al Qastal”
- Arabic: “القسطل”
- Arabic: “القصطل”
- Arabic: “قصر القسطل”
- Bengali: “আল কাস্তাল, জর্ডান”
- Catalan: “Al-Qastal”
- Dutch: “Al Qastal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قصر القسطل”
- French: “Al Qastal”
- German: “Al Qastal”
- German: “Al-Qastal”
- Hebrew: “הקסטל”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Qastal i Jordan”
- Persian: “ال قستال، جردن”
- Persian: “قسطال، اردن”
- Polish: “Al-Kastal (Jordania)”
- Polish: “Al-Kastal”
- Spanish: “Al Qastal”
- Spanish: “Al-Qastal”
- Swedish: “Al-Qastal”
- Tatar: “Әл-Кастал торак пункты”
- Urdu: “القسطل، اردن”
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