Aqaba Station
Aqaba Station is a railway station in Aqaba, Jordan. Aqaba Station is situated nearby to the village Tall al Khalifa.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aqaba Archaeological Museum and Aqaba Castle.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. Aqaba Archaeological Museum is situated 2 km southwest of Aqaba Station.
Aqaba Castle
Castle
The Aqaba Castle or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of Aqaba, Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to Mecca and Medina which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century. Aqaba Castle is situated 2 km southwest of Aqaba Station.
Aqaba Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan. It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. Aqaba Church is situated 2 km west of Aqaba Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Tall al Khalifa
Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… Tall al Khalifa is situated 3 km northwest of Aqaba Station.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Aqaba Station
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Maḩaţţat al ‘Aqabah”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.53268° or 29° 31′ 58″ northLongitude
35.01836° or 35° 1′ 6″ eastElevation
90 metres (295 feet)Open location code
7GXQG2M9+38GeoNames ID
250773
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In Other Languages
“Aqaba Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة العقبة”
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