Al-Jizah

Al-Jizah, historically known as Ziza or Zizia, is a town in northwestern . It is the 22nd district of the . During the medieval period it served as a waystation for pilgrims en route to the Hajj in .
Wikipedia
  • Town with 4,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 717 metres (2,352 feet)
  • Description: human settlement in Jordan
  • Also known as
    “Al-Jizah, Jordan”
    “Jîza”
    “Jīzah”
    “Jīze”
    “Ziza”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talbieh camp.
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in .

Al-Jizah

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Latitude
31.7° or 31° 42′ north
Longitude
35.95° or 35° 57′ east
UN/LOCODE
JO 8AJ
Open location code
8G3QPW2X+2X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 802876374
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
250639
Wiki­data ID
Q759726

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Al-Jizah” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Al Jizah”
  • Albanian: “El-Xhize”
  • Arabic: “الجيزة”
  • Arabic: “جحفية”
  • Arabic: “جيزة”
  • Cebuano: “Al Jīzah”
  • Dutch: “Al Jizah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجيزه”
  • French: “Al Jizah”
  • German: “Al Jizah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Jizah i Jordan”
  • Persian: “جیزه”
  • Romanian: “Al-Jizah”
  • Russian: “Эль-Джиза”
  • Scots: “Al Jizah, Jordan”
  • Scots: “Al Jizah”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jiza, Jordanien”
  • Swedish: “al-Jiza”
  • Turkish: “El-Cize, Amman”
  • Turkish: “El-Cize”
  • Urdu: “الجیزہ، اردن”

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