Middle East
Jordan
Amman Governorate

Al-Bassah

Al-Bassah 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.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Al Bassah”, “Al Başşah”, “Al-Bassah, Jordan”, “Bassa”, “El Baṣṣa”, and “El Basse”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abu al-Sous and Wadi Al Seer.

Village
Photo: Mohammad hajeer, CC BY 4.0.
is a village.

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 4 km northeast of Al-Bassah.

Town
' or Araq el-Amir is the name shared by a town and nearby caves, within the municipality of in the Jordan Valley. Located about 15 km southwest of the town of , it has a population of about 6000 people, mostly members of the Abbadi tribe. is situated 4½ km southwest of Al-Bassah.

Al-Bassah

Latitude
31.93572° or 31° 56′ 9″ north
Longitude
35.796° or 35° 47′ 46″ east
Elevation
575 metres (1,886 feet)
Open location code
8G3QWQPW+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7549551051
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
250746
Wiki­data ID
Q759489
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Al-Bassah” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Al Bassah”
  • Arabic: “البصة”
  • Arabic: “بلدة البصة الاردنية”
  • Dutch: “Al Bassah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “البصه”
  • French: “Al Bassah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Bassah”
  • Persian: “ال بساه”
  • Persian: “بساح”
  • Scots: “Al Bassah”
  • Urdu: “البصہ”

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