Ḩayy ash Shahīd
Ḩayy ash Shahīd is a locality in Amman Governorate, Jordan. Ḩayy ash Shahīd is situated nearby to the locality Al-Qarṭuʽiyah, as well as near Ḩayy Abū ‘Ulyā.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include ‘Ain Ghazal and Amman Civil Airport.
‘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.
Amman Civil Airport
Aerodrome
Amman Civil Airport, commonly known as Marka International Airport, is located in Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan, some 5 kilometres northeast of Amman's city centre. Amman Civil Airport is situated 3½ km southeast of Ḩayy ash Shahīd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Marka camp.
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 5 km southwest of Ḩayy ash Shahīd.
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 5 km east of Ḩayy ash Shahīd.
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.
Ḩayy ash Shahīd
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Hayy ash Shahid”
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.99549° or 31° 59′ 44″ northLongitude
35.96395° or 35° 57′ 50″ eastElevation
771 metres (2,530 feet)Open location code
8G3QXXW7+5HGeoNames ID
11075919
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In Other Languages
“Ḩayy ash Shahīd” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي الشهيد”
Localities in the Area
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