Wādī Abū Barsh
Wādī Abū Barsh is a wadi in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Wādī Abū Barsh is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy al Madīnah al Munawwarah, as well as near Ḩayy al Jabr.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue ". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp is situated 3½ km east of Wādī Abū Barsh.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Marka camp is situated 7 km southwest of Wādī Abū Barsh.
Wādī Abū Barsh
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wadi Abu Barsh” and “Wādī Akhū Barsh”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.06342° or 32° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
36.05436° or 36° 3′ 16″ eastElevation
603 metres (1,978 feet)Open location code
8G4R3373+9PGeoNames ID
251020
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In Other Languages
“Wādī Abū Barsh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي ابو برش”
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