Zarqa
Zarqa is an airfield in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Zarqa is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy al Maşāni‘, as well as near Iskān at Taţwīr al Ḩaḑarī.| 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
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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. Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp is situated 6 km northwest of Zarqa.
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.
Zarqa
- Type: Airfield
- Category: transportation
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.02574° or 32° 1′ 33″ northLongitude
36.1441° or 36° 8′ 39″ eastElevation
651 metres (2,136 feet)Open location code
8G4R24GV+7JGeoNames ID
11864912
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