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Aqaba

Aqaba is one of the governorates of Jordan, located south of , capital of . Its capital is . It is the fourth largest governorate in Jordan by area and is ranked 10th by population.
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  • Type: State with 139,000 residents
  • Description: governorate of Jordan
  • Also known as: “Aqaba Governorate” and “Muhafazat al ‘Aqabah”

Aqaba

Latitude
29.5802° or 29° 34′ 49″ north
Longitude
35.2892° or 35° 17′ 21″ east
Population
139,000
Elevation
772 metres (2,533 feet)
Open location code
7GXQH7JQ+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13294463856
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
443122
Wiki­data ID
Q260796
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Aqaba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العقبة”
  • Arabic: “محافظة العقبة”
  • Armenian: “Ակաբայի մարզ”
  • Basque: “Aqaba Gobernazioa”
  • Basque: “Aqaba”
  • Belarusian: “Акаба”
  • Bengali: “আকাবা গভর্নোরেট”
  • Catalan: “governació d’Àqaba”
  • Cebuano: “Aqaba”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al ‘Aqabah”
  • Chinese: “Aqaba Séng”
  • Chinese: “亚喀巴省”
  • Chinese: “亞喀巴省”
  • Danish: “Aqaba Governorate”
  • Dutch: “Akaba”
  • Esperanto: “Akabo”
  • Finnish: “Al ‘Aqabah”
  • Finnish: “Al ’Aqabah”
  • French: “Aqaba”
  • French: “Gouvernorat d’Aqaba”
  • German: “Aqaba”
  • German: “Gouvernement Aqaba”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Άκαμπα”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Βερενίκης”
  • Gujarati: “ઍકાબા ગવર્નરેટ”
  • Hebrew: “עקבה”
  • Hindi: “अकाबा गवर्नरेट”
  • Hindi: “अक़ाबा प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Akaba kormányzóság”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Aqaba”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Aqaba”
  • Italian: “governatorato di Aqaba”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Aqaba”
  • Japanese: “アカバ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಖಾಬಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Korean: “아카바주”
  • Latvian: “Akabas muhāfaza”
  • Limburgan: “Aqaba gouvernemint”
  • Limburgan: “Aqaba”
  • Lithuanian: “Akabos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Aqaba”
  • Marathi: “अकाबा गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Mazanderani: “عقبه استان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aqaba Séng”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aqaba (Guwernement)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aqaba”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aqaba Givernorate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akaba guvernement”
  • Norwegian: “Aqaba”
  • Ossetian: “Акабæ (мухафазæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Акабæ”
  • Persian: “استان عقبه”
  • Polish: “Akaba”
  • Portuguese: “Acaba”
  • Portuguese: “Governorado de Aqaba”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Aqaba”
  • Russian: “Акаба”
  • Scots: “Aqaba Govrenorate”
  • Sinhala: “අකබා පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Akaba”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Akaba”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Aqaba”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Aqaba”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Áqaba”
  • Swedish: “Akaba”
  • Swedish: “al-Aqaba”
  • Swedish: “Aqaba”
  • Swedish: “Muhafazat al-Aqaba”
  • Tamil: “அகிஆபா கோவெர்னோரேட்”
  • Telugu: “అకాబా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการอัลอะเกาะบะฮ์”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าราชการแอคะบา”
  • Turkish: “Akabe”
  • Turkish: “Aqaba Yönetimi”
  • Ukrainian: “Акаба”
  • Ukrainian: “Провінція Акаба”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ عقبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Aqaba”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Lywodraethol Acaba”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Lywodraethol Aqaba”
  • Welsh: “Gofernad Aqaba”
  • Western Armenian: “Աքապայի մարզ,”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع عقبہ”
  • “ma Akapa”

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