Markaz al Malik ‘Abd Allāh ath Thaqāfī
Markaz al Malik ‘Abd Allāh ath Thaqāfī is a building in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Markaz al Malik ‘Abd Allāh ath Thaqāfī is situated nearby to the suburb Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp and Zarqa.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. 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.
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. 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 Amman.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Marka camp is situated 9 km southwest of Markaz al Malik ‘Abd Allāh ath Thaqāfī.
Markaz al Malik ‘Abd Allāh ath Thaqāfī
- Type: Building
- Also known as: “King Abdullah Cultural Center” and “Markaz al Malik `Abd Allah ath Thaqafi”
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.0489° or 32° 2′ 56″ northLongitude
36.09576° or 36° 5′ 45″ eastElevation
611 metres (2,005 feet)Open location code
8G4R23XW+H8GeoNames ID
11544284
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In Other Languages
“Markaz al Malik ‘Abd Allāh ath Thaqāfī” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز الملك عبد الله الثقافي”
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