Qasabat As Salt

As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central . It is on the old main highway leading from to .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wadi Shuʿeib and Historic Old Salt Museum.

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Wadi Shueib, Arabic for the Valley of Jethro and properly but with many variant romanisations, is a in . The alluvial fan of the wadi where it enters the southern part of the eastern Jordan Valley is known as Wadi Nimrin, which leads into the .

Qasabat As Salt

Latitude
32.0392° or 32° 2′ 21″ north
Longitude
35.7° or 35° 42′ east
Population
108,000
Elevation
951 metres (3,120 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q2MQX+MX
Geo­Names ID
7910931
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