Al Kafrayn

Al Kafrayn is a village in Balqa Governorate, Jordan. Al Kafrayn is situated nearby to the locality Raud al Ausaj, as well as near Wadi Qusayb.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tell el-Hammam and Tell er-Rameh.

Tell el-Hammam

Archaeological site

Photo: Deg777, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tell el-Hammam is an archaeological site in the Amman Governorate of Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley 11.7 kilometers east of the Jordan River and not far from its mouth. Tell el-Hammam is situated 4 km southeast of Al Kafrayn.

Tell er-Rameh

Archaeological site

Photo: Deg777, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tell er-Rameh or Tall el-Rama is a small mound in Jordan rising in the plain east of the River Jordan, about twelve miles from Jericho. It presently has a Muslim cemetery on the acropolis that prevents it from being excavated. Tell er-Rameh is situated 4 km south of Al Kafrayn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Maghtas.

Al Maghtas

Locality

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. Al Maghtas is situated 9 km west of Al Kafrayn.

Al Kafrayn

Type: Village
Also known as: “Al Kefrein”, “El Kafrein”, “El Kefrein”, and “Kafrein”
Category: locality
Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

31.86111° or 31° 51′ 40″ north

Longitude

35.64111° or 35° 38′ 28″ east

Elevation

-178 metres (-584 feet)

Open location code

8G3QVJ6R+CC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 799099647

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

250627

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Greek—“Al Kafrayn” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الكفرين”
French: “Al Kafrayn”
German: “Al Kafrayn”
Greek: “Αλ Καφράιν”

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