Ḩayy al Maţār

Ḩayy al Maţār is a locality in , . Ḩayy al Maţār is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amman Civil Airport and ‘Ain Ghazal.

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.

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. is situated 3 km northwest of Ḩayy al Maţār.

Places in the Area

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

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 northeast of Ḩayy al Maţār.

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 7 km west of Ḩayy al Maţār.

Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat or Al-Wihdat camp, which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood in southeast , the capital city of , occupies a 0.48 km2. is situated 7 km southwest of Ḩayy al Maţār.

Ḩayy al Maţār

Latitude
31.96904° or 31° 58′ 9″ north
Longitude
35.99502° or 35° 59′ 42″ east
Elevation
774 metres (2,539 feet)
Open location code
8G3QXX9W+J2
Geo­Names ID
11075941
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In Other Languages

“Ḩayy al Maţār” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي المطار”

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