Al Jawfah
Al Jawfah is a locality in Balqa Governorate, Jordan. Al Jawfah is situated nearby to the village Al Kafrayn, as well as near the locality Al Jawāsirah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell el-Hammam and Tell er-Rameh.
Tell el-Hammam
Archaeological site
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Tell el-Hammam is an archaeological site in the Amman Governorate of Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley 11.7 kilometers east of the Jordan River and not far from its mouth. Tell el-Hammam is situated 4 km southeast of Al Jawfah.
Tell er-Rameh
Archaeological site
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Tell er-Rameh or Tall el-Rama is a small mound in Jordan rising in the plain east of the River Jordan, about twelve miles from Jericho. It presently has a Muslim cemetery on the acropolis that prevents it from being excavated. Tell er-Rameh is situated 4 km south of Al Jawfah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas.
Al Maghtas
Locality
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Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. Al Maghtas is situated 9 km west of Al Jawfah.
Al Jawfah
- Type: Locality
- Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.86146° or 31° 51′ 41″ northLongitude
35.64182° or 35° 38′ 31″ eastElevation
-213 metres (-699 feet)Open location code
8G3QVJ6R+HPGeoNames ID
11265401
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In Other Languages
“Al Jawfah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجوفة”
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