Ḩayy ash Shahīd

Ḩayy ash Shahīd is a locality in , . Ḩayy ash Shahīd is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include ‘Ain Ghazal and Amman Civil Airport.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in , , 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.

Aerodrome
Amman City Airport, is located in Marka district, , some 5 kilometres northeast of the capital 's city centre. During World War I, an airstrip was established near Amman in 1915 for use by German airplanes, then an ally of the ruling Ottoman Empire. is situated 3½ km southeast of Ḩayy ash Shahīd.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Marka camp.

Neighborhood
Photo: Hasanisawi, Public domain.
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of the Abdali area district of . is situated 5 km southwest of Ḩayy ash Shahīd.

Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the and the due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. is situated 5 km east of Ḩayy ash Shahīd.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.

Ḩayy ash Shahīd

Latitude
31.99549° or 31° 59′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.96395° or 35° 57′ 50″ east
Elevation
771 metres (2,530 feet)
Open location code
8G3QXXW7+5H
Geo­Names ID
11075919
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In Other Languages

“Ḩayy ash Shahīd” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي الشهيد”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Al-Qarṭuʽiyah and Ḩayy Abū ‘Ulyā.

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