Al Maḩaţţah

Al Maḩaţţah is a locality in , . Al Maḩaţţah is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

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.

Photo: Cybjorg, CC BY 2.5.
The Amman Citadel on is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of . is situated 3½ km west of Al Maḩaţţah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Amman.

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 4½ km west of Al Maḩaţţah.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

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 5 km southwest of Al Maḩaţţah.

Al Maḩaţţah

Latitude
31.96722° or 31° 58′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.97116° or 35° 58′ 16″ east
Elevation
777 metres (2,549 feet)
Open location code
8G3QXX8C+VF
Geo­Names ID
250580
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Satellite Map

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