Al Buq‘ān

Al Buq‘ān is a ruin in , and has an elevation of 938 metres. Al Buq‘ān is situated nearby to the peak .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wadi Shuʿeib and Salt Archaeological Museum.

Peak
Photo: Adeeb Atwan, CC BY 3.0.
Wadi Shueib, Arabic for the Valley of Jethro and properly but with many variant romanisations, is a in . The alluvial fan of the wadi where it enters the southern part of the eastern Jordan Valley is known as Wadi Nimrin, which leads into the . is situated 2½ km south of Al Buq‘ān.

Museum
Photo: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km southwest of Al Buq‘ān.

Museum
Photo: Tarawneh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km southwest of Al Buq‘ān.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salt and Baqa’a camp.

Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 .

Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in , 20 km north of the capital , and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. is situated 10 km east of Al Buq‘ān.

Al Buq‘ān

Latitude
32.05317° or 32° 3′ 11″ north
Longitude
35.73978° or 35° 44′ 23″ east
Elevation
938 metres (3,077 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q3P3Q+7W
Geo­Names ID
250737
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