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Balqa Governorate

Balqa' is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located northwest of , Jordan's capital. The governorate has the fourth largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan, and is ranked 10th by area.
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  • Type: Region with 410,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Jordan
  • Also known as: “Al Balqā’”, “Al Balqāʼ”, “Balqa”, “Governorate of Al Balqā”, “Liwā’ al Balqā’”, “Muhafazat al Balqa”, and “Muhafazat al Balqa‘”

Balqa Governorate

Latitude
32° north
Longitude
35.6667° or 35° 40′ east
Population
410,000
Elevation
563 metres (1,847 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q2M28+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 802858221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
250751
Wiki­data ID
Q721431
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Balqa Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Governorati Balqa”
  • Albanian: “Governorati Belka”
  • Arabic: “البلقاء”
  • Arabic: “بلقاء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة البلقاء”
  • Arabic: “محافظة بلقاء”
  • Basque: “Balqa Gobernazioa”
  • Basque: “Balqa”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Бака”
  • Bengali: “বাল্কা গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “Al Balqā”
  • Catalan: “Al-Balka”
  • Catalan: “Al-Balqa”
  • Catalan: “Balka”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Balqā‘”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای بەلقا”
  • Chinese: “Balqa Séng”
  • Chinese: “拜勒加省”
  • Danish: “Balqa Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Balka”
  • Esperanto: “Balkao”
  • Finnish: “Al Balqa‘”
  • Finnish: “Al Balqa’”
  • French: “Balqa”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Balqa”
  • French: “Muhafazat al Balqa”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Balqa”
  • German: “Muhafazat al Balqa”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Μπάλκα”
  • Gujarati: “બાલ્કા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “בלקא”
  • Hindi: “बल्क़ा प्रान्त”
  • Hindi: “बालका गवर्नरेट”
  • Hungarian: “Balká kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Balqa Governorate”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Balqa”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Balqa”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Balqa”
  • Japanese: “バルカ県”
  • Kannada: “ಬಲ್ಕಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “발카주”
  • Latvian: “Balkas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Balkos muchafaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Balkos muhafaza”
  • Malay: “Balqa Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Balqa”
  • Maltese: “Governorat ta‘ Balqa”
  • Marathi: “बालका गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “البقاء استان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Balqa Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balqa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balqa guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Balqa”
  • Persian: “استان بلقا”
  • Persian: “بلقا”
  • Persian: “بلقاء”
  • Polish: “Al-Balka”
  • Polish: “Balka”
  • Portuguese: “Balga”
  • Portuguese: “Balqa”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Balqa”
  • Russian: “Эль-Балка”
  • Scots: “Balqa Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “බල්කා පරිපාලන කොට්ටාශය”
  • Spanish: “Al-Bālqāʾ”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación Balqa‘”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Al Balqa‘”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Al Balqa‘”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Balqa‘”
  • Swedish: “al-Balqa”
  • Swedish: “Al-Balqa”
  • Swedish: “Balqa”
  • Tamil: “பல்கா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பால்கா ஆளுநரகம்”
  • Tamil: “பால்கா கவர்னரேட்”
  • Tamil: “பால்கா மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “బాల్ఖా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการอัลบัลกออ์”
  • Turkish: “Balqa Yönetimi”
  • Turkish: “Belka”
  • Ukrainian: “Балка”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Балка”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Балька”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Ель-Балка”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ بلقاء”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Balqa”
  • Western Armenian: “Պալքայի մարզ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بلقا”

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