‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is

‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is is a spur in , and has an elevation of 788 metres. ‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the area .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marka camp and Zarqa.

Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 8 km south of ‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is.

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is the capital of in . 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 .

Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of . 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. is situated 9 km east of ‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is.

‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is

Latitude
32.07843° or 32° 4′ 42″ north
Longitude
36.00124° or 36° 0′ 5″ east
Elevation
788 metres (2,585 feet)
Open location code
8G4R32H2+9F
Geo­Names ID
251079
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In Other Languages

“‘Urqūb Abū al Faţā’is” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ام الفطايس”

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