Ḩayy aş Şafā

Ḩayy aş Şafā is a locality in , . Ḩayy aş Şafā is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ayla and Aqaba Church.

Archaeological site
Aqābaʾ is the only coastal city in and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the .

Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is a historic 3rd-century church located in , . It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church.

Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is the official archaeological museum of the city of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's only port city. It is on the Gulf of in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.

Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 3 km north of Ḩayy aş Şafā.

Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the 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

Latitude
29.53165° or 29° 31′ 54″ north
Longitude
35.00404° or 35° 0′ 15″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
7GXQG2J3+MJ
Geo­Names ID
11191539
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In Other Languages

“Ḩayy aş Şafā” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي الصفا”

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