Control Bureau
Control Bureau is an administrative facility in Aqaba, Jordan. Control Bureau is situated nearby to the archaeological site Ayla, as well as near Aqaba Archaeological Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ayla and Aqaba Archaeological Museum.
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. Ayla is situated 510 metres northwest of Control Bureau.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. Aqaba Archaeological Museum is situated 800 metres south of Control Bureau.
Aqaba Castle
Castle
The Aqaba Castle or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of Aqaba, Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to Mecca and Medina which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century. Aqaba Castle is situated 1 km south of Control Bureau.
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 Control Bureau.
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.
Control Bureau
- Type: Administrative facility
- Also known as: “Dīwān al Muḩāsabah”
- Category: government building
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.52833° or 29° 31′ 42″ northLongitude
35.00451° or 35° 0′ 16″ eastElevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
7GXQG2H3+8RGeoNames ID
11191629
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In Other Languages
“Control Bureau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ديوان المحاسبة”
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