Middle East
Jordan
Irbid Governorate

Gadara

Gadara, in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now , for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site in Jordan, former city of the ancient Decapolis
  • Also known as: “Gad’a-ra”, “Umm Qais”, “Umm Qays historical city”, and “مدينة أم قيس التاريخية”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include West Theatre and Umm Qais Museum.

Theater building
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is a theater building, which is situated 260 metres east of Gadara.

Museum
The is museum in , Jordan. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting and conserving artifacts from the archeological site of . is situated 400 metres east of Gadara.

Park
Photo: Yarin Kirchen, CC BY 2.0.
is a hot springs site in the valley, located in an area under control, near the and the border with . is situated 3½ km north of Gadara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umm Qais and Malka.

Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Qays, is a town in northern principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with and .

Town
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Jordanian town located in the north of . It is one of the largest villages in Bani Kinanah Department. It has fertile soil and abundant springs. is situated 7 km east of Gadara.

Village
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Sha'ar HaGolan is a kibbutz situated at the foot of the in the Jordan Valley area of north-eastern . Located less than 1 km from the border with , it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. is situated 8 km northwest of Gadara.

Gadara

Latitude
32.65612° or 32° 39′ 22″ north
Longitude
35.67527° or 35° 40′ 31″ east
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
Open location code
8G4QMM4G+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 983413663
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
8125807
Wiki­data ID
Q56322109
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gadara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جدارا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qadara”
  • Catalan: “Gàdara”
  • Chinese: “加达拉”
  • Dutch: “Gadara”
  • Finnish: “Gadara”
  • French: “Gadara”
  • German: “Gadara (Umm Qais)”
  • German: “Gadara”
  • Greek: “Γάδαρα”
  • Hebrew: “גדר”
  • Hebrew: “גדרה”
  • Italian: “Gadara”
  • Japanese: “ガダラ”
  • Latin: “Gadara”
  • Polish: “Gadara”
  • Polish: “Umm Qais”
  • Portuguese: “Gadara”
  • Russian: “Гадара”
  • Spanish: “Gadara”
  • Tagalog: “Gadara”
  • Tatar: “Гадара (Декаполис борынгы каласы) археологик аланы”
  • Turkish: “Gadara”
  • Ukrainian: “Гадара”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gadara”. Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.