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Aqaba

Aqaba

Aqaba is a railway station in , . Aqaba is situated nearby to the village .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aqaba Church and Aqaba Castle.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is a historic 3rd-century church located in , . It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. is situated 2 km west of Aqaba.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of , Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to and which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century. is situated 2 km southwest of Aqaba.

Archaeological site
Aqaba is the only coastal city in and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the . is situated 1½ km west of Aqaba.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's only port city. It is on the Gulf of in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.

Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 3 km northwest of Aqaba.

Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the 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

Latitude
29.5328° or 29° 31′ 58″ north
Longitude
35.01781° or 35° 1′ 4″ east
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
Open location code
7GXQG2M9+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10716097829
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
250773
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Aqaba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العقبة”
  • Arabic: “محطة العقبة”
  • Basque: “Aqaba”
  • Czech: “Akaba”
  • Danish: “Akaba”
  • French: “Aqaba”
  • German: “Akaba”
  • Greek: “Άκαμπα”
  • Hebrew: “עקבה”
  • Hindi: “अक़बा”
  • Kannada: “ಅಕಬ”
  • Korean: “아카바”
  • Russian: “Акаба”

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