Jerash Governorate
Jerash Governorate is one of 12 governorates in Jordan. It is located in the northwestern side of the country. The capital of the governorate is the city of Jerash.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: State with 237,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Jordan
- Also known as: “Jarash Governorate”, “Jerash”, and “Провінція Джараш”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arch of Hadrian and Oval Forum.
Arch of Hadrian
Building
The Arch of Hadrian is an ancient Roman structure in Jerash, Jordan. It is an 11-metre high triple-arched gateway erected to honor the visit of Roman Emperor Hadrian to the city in the winter of 129–130.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jerash and Jerash camp.
Jerash
Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jerash, a city in northern Jordan, is famous for its Roman ruins. The archaeological site is popular for tourists, second only to Petra.
Jerash camp
Village
Jerash camp, known locally as Gaza camp, is one of the ten officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located five kilometres from the Roman ruins of Jerash.
Jerash Governorate
- Categories: governorate of Jordan and locality
- Location: Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.2485° or 32° 14′ 55″ northLongitude
35.8605° or 35° 51′ 38″ eastPopulation
237,000Elevation
572 metres (1,877 feet)Open location code
8G4Q6VX6+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 13294463864OpenStreetMap feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
443121Wikidata ID
Q750270
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Jerash Governorate” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Governorati Jerash”
- Albanian: “Governorati Xherash”
- Arabic: “Jerash Governorate”
- Arabic: “جرش”
- Arabic: “محافظة جرش”
- Armenian: “Ջարաշի մարզ”
- Basque: “Gerasa Gobernazioa”
- Basque: “Jarash Gobernazioa”
- Basque: “Jerash Gobernazioa”
- Basque: “Jerax Gobernazioa”
- Basque: “Jerax”
- Belarusian: “Джараш”
- Bengali: “জারাশ গভর্নোরেট”
- Cebuano: “Jarash”
- Chinese: “Jerash Séng”
- Chinese: “傑拉什省”
- Chinese: “杰拉什省”
- Czech: “Džaraš”
- Danish: “Jerash Governorate”
- Dutch: “Jerash”
- Esperanto: “Ĵeraso”
- Finnish: “Jarash”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Jerash”
- French: “Jerash”
- German: “Gouvernement Dscharasch”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Γέρασας”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Τζέρας”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο του Τζεράς”
- Gujarati: “જરાશ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “ג’רש”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ג’רש”
- Hindi: “जेरश प्रान्त”
- Hindi: “जेराश”
- Hungarian: “Dzseras kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Jerash”
- Italian: “governatorato di Jerash”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Jerash”
- Japanese: “ジェラシュ県”
- Japanese: “ジャラシュ県”
- Kannada: “ಜೆರಾಶ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “제라시주”
- Latvian: “Džerasas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Džarašo muchafaza”
- Lithuanian: “Džerašo muhafaza”
- Malay: “Jerash Governorate”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Jerash”
- Marathi: “जेरेश गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Mazanderani: “جرش استان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Jerash Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Jerash”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jerash guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Jerash”
- Persian: “استان جرش”
- Polish: “Dżarasz (muhafaza)”
- Polish: “Dżarasz”
- Portuguese: “Gérasa”
- Portuguese: “Governorado de Gérasa”
- Portuguese: “Governorado de Jerash”
- Portuguese: “Província de Gérasa”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Jerash”
- Russian: “Джараш”
- Scots: “Jerash Govrenorate”
- Sinhala: “ජෙරාෂ් පළාත”
- Slovenian: “guvernat Džeraš”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Gerasa”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Gerasa”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Jarash”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Jarash”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Yarash”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Yarash”
- Swedish: “Jarash”
- Swedish: “Jerash”
- Tamil: “ஜெராஷ் கோவெர்னோரே”
- Telugu: “జెరాష్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการญะร็อช”
- Turkish: “Ceraş”
- Turkish: “Jerash Yönetimi”
- Ukrainian: “Джераш”
- Ukrainian: “Провінція Джераш”
- Urdu: “محافظہ جرش”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Jerash”
- Western Armenian: “Ժարաշի մարզ”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع جرش”
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