Middle East
Jordan
Zarqa Governorate

Ḩayy al Qamar

Ḩayy al Qamar is a locality in , . Ḩayy al Qamar is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.

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is the capital of in . Its name means "the blue ". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after .

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Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of . It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. is situated 3 km east of Ḩayy al Qamar.

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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 7 km southwest of Ḩayy al Qamar.

Ḩayy al Qamar

Latitude
32.06429° or 32° 3′ 51″ north
Longitude
36.06119° or 36° 3′ 40″ east
Elevation
633 metres (2,077 feet)
Open location code
8G4R3376+PF
Geo­Names ID
11542356
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In Other Languages

“Ḩayy al Qamar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي القمر”

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