Fuheis

Fuheis is a Christian majority town in the central governorate of . It lies in between Salt and , at a distance of 6 and 13 kilometers respectively.
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  • Type: Village with 220,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Al Fuhays”, “Al Fuḩayş”, “El Fuheis”, “Feheis”, and “Fuḥeiṣ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salt and Wadi Al Seer.

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As-Salt, also known as , is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central . It is on the old main highway leading from to .

Suburb
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or Wadi as-Seer is a valley west of Amman, which gave its name to one of the twenty-two districts of the Greater Amman Municipality in . is situated 8 km southeast of Fuheis.

Village
is a town in the in northern . The town is known for Roman-Byzantine architectural remains of a large cave church, and a second church built outside in front of the entrance. is situated 9 km south of Fuheis.

Fuheis

Latitude
32.00974° or 32° 0′ 35″ north
Longitude
35.76898° or 35° 46′ 8″ east
Population
220,000
Elevation
918 metres (3,012 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JO FUH
Open location code
8G4Q2Q59+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 802856920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
250718
Wiki­data ID
Q986769
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Fuheis” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fuheis”
  • Arabic: “الفحيص”
  • Arabic: “جحفية”
  • Arabic: “فحيص”
  • Dutch: “Fuheis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الفحيص”
  • Finnish: “Fuhais”
  • French: “Al Fuhays”
  • German: “Fuheis”
  • Greek: “Φουχέις”
  • Hebrew: “פוחייס”
  • Irish: “Fuheis”
  • Italian: “Al Fuheis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fuheis”
  • Persian: “فحیص”
  • Polish: “Al-Fuhajs”
  • Portuguese: “Fuheis”
  • Spanish: “Fuheis”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Фухейс”
  • Ukrainian: “Фухейс”
  • Urdu: “فحیص”

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