Minţaqat Ţāriq
Minţaqat Ţāriq is a locality in Amman Governorate, Jordan. Minţaqat Ţāriq is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy Abū ‘Ulyā, as well as near Ghābat Sumū al Amīr al Ḩasan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include ‘Ain Ghazal and King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre.
‘Ain Ghazal
Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in Amman, Jordan, about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.
King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre
Military training area
The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center is an installation located in Amman, Jordan that specializes in counter-terrorism, special operations and irregular warfare tactics, techniques and procedures. King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre is situated 3 km north of Minţaqat Ţāriq.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Marka camp is situated 4 km east of Minţaqat Ţāriq.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman. Jabal el-Hussein camp is situated 7 km southwest of Minţaqat Ţāriq.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
Minţaqat Ţāriq
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Mintaqat Tariq”
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.00967° or 32° 0′ 35″ northLongitude
35.97651° or 35° 58′ 35″ eastElevation
782 metres (2,566 feet)Open location code
8G4Q2X5G+VJGeoNames ID
11075910
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In Other Languages
“Minţaqat Ţāriq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة طارق”
Localities in the Area
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