Amman East Power Plant
Amman East Power Plant is a combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Al Manakher, Jordan. It was the first independent power plant in Jordan. The plant is operated by AES Jordan PSC, a subsidiary of AES Corporation and Mitsui & Co.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Muwaqqar.
Al-Muwaqqar
Village
Al-Muwaqqar is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. The village contains the scant ruins of an Umayyad palace, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar, one of the desert castles. Al-Muwaqqar is situated 10 km south of Amman East Power Plant.
Amman East Power Plant
- Type: Power station
- Also known as: “IPP1”
- Categories: combined cycle power station, gas-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.89934° or 31° 53′ 58″ northLongitude
36.0793° or 36° 4′ 46″ eastElevation
857 metres (2,812 feet)Operator
AES Jordan PSCOpen location code
8G3RV3XH+PPOpenStreetMap ID
way 745650293OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
7838943Wikidata ID
Q4747132
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Bokmål—“Amman East Power Plant” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة توليد كهرباء شرق عمان”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “AES Jordan PSC”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amman East Power gasskraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Amman East Power gasskraftverk”
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