Ḩayy Raghdān
Ḩayy Raghdān is a locality in Amman Governorate, Jordan and has an elevation of 803 metres. Ḩayy Raghdān is situated nearby to the locality Al-Qarṭuʽiyah, as well as near Minţaqat Basmān.| 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 City 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 3 km southeast of Ḩayy Raghdān.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jabal el-Hussein camp and Amman.
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 4 km southwest of Ḩayy Raghdān.
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.
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 6 km northeast of Ḩayy Raghdān.
Ḩayy Raghdān
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Hayy Raghdan”
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.98424° or 31° 59′ 3″ northLongitude
35.9621° or 35° 57′ 44″ eastElevation
803 metres (2,635 feet)Open location code
8G3QXXM6+MRGeoNames ID
11075932
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In Other Languages
“Ḩayy Raghdān” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي رغدان”
Localities in the Area
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