Al-ʽAruḍah

Al-ʽAruḍah is a town in the of western .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Al ‘Arūḑah”, “Al `Arudah”, “Az Zaynah”, and “El ‘Arūda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Machaerus.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, near the village of Mukawir in modern-day . The site is located 25 km southeast of the mouth of the overlooking the .

Al-ʽAruḍah

Latitude
31.5575° or 31° 33′ 27″ north
Longitude
35.63167° or 35° 37′ 54″ east
Elevation
720 metres (2,362 feet)
Open location code
8G3QHJ5J+2M
Geo­Names ID
250763
Wiki­data ID
Q4705029
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Satellite Map

Discover Al-ʽAruḍah from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Romanian—“Al-ʽAruḍah” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Al `Arudah”
  • Arabic: “الزينة”
  • Arabic: “العروضة”
  • Arabic: “بلدة العارضة”
  • Dutch: “Al `Arudah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلدة العارضه”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al `Arudah”
  • Persian: “ال عروداه”
  • Persian: “عروداح”
  • Romanian: “Al-ʽAruḍah”

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