Ḩayy aş Şafā
Ḩayy aş Şafā is a locality in Aqaba, Jordan. Ḩayy aş Şafā is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy al Madīnah ash Shamālī, as well as near Ḩayy al Madīnah al Awsaţ.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ayla and Aqaba Church.
Ayla
Archaeological site
Aqaba is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate.
Aqaba Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan. It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Tall al Khalifa
Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… Tall al Khalifa is situated 3 km north of Ḩayy aş Şafā.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Ḩayy aş Şafā
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Ḥay aṣ Ṣafā” and “Hayy as Safa”
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.53165° or 29° 31′ 54″ northLongitude
35.00404° or 35° 0′ 15″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
7GXQG2J3+MJGeoNames ID
11191539
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In Other Languages
“Ḩayy aş Şafā” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي الصفا”
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Localities in the Area
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