Ḩayy ‘Awjān

Ḩayy ‘Awjān is a locality in , . Ḩayy ‘Awjān is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places in the Area

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

Suburb
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 4 km northeast of Ḩayy ‘Awjān.

Photo: Yazan4HD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 .

Neighborhood
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 5 km southwest of Ḩayy ‘Awjān.

Ḩayy ‘Awjān

Latitude
32.02736° or 32° 1′ 39″ north
Longitude
36.06866° or 36° 4′ 7″ east
Elevation
631 metres (2,070 feet)
Open location code
8G4R23G9+WF
Geo­Names ID
11542664
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Ḩayy ‘Awjān” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي عوجان”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as ‘Awjān al Gharbī and Ḩayy al Malik Ţalāl.

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