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Ajlun

Ajloun, also spelled Ajlun, is the capital town of the , a hilly town in the north of , located 76 kilometers north west of . It is noted for its impressive ruins of the 12th-century .
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  • Type: Town with 9,020 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: “‘Ayn Jannā”, “Adjlun”, “Ain Janna”, “Ajloun”, and “Ayn Janna”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ajlun Castle and Tell Mar Elias.

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Ajloun Castle, medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern . It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal Auf after a Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century.

Archaeological site
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is a tell, i. e. an archaeological mound, located slightly outside the town limits and northwest of Ajloun in the , northern , in the historical region of Gilead. is situated 4½ km northwest of Ajlun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anjara and Kufranjah.

Town
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is an ancient town located at northern in the . The city is situated 4 kilometers to the south of Ajloun, and 73 kilometers to the north of the Jordanian capital .

Town
is a municipality in the , located in the northwestern region of . It serves as the administrative center for the District. is situated 6 km southwest of Ajlun.

Ajlun

Latitude
32.3323° or 32° 19′ 56″ north
Longitude
35.7521° or 35° 45′ 7″ east
Population
9,020
Elevation
769 metres (2,523 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q8QJ2+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 540033030
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
250799
Wiki­data ID
Q1141858
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Ajlun” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ajloun”
  • Albanian: “Axhlun”
  • Arabic: “عجلون (عجلون)”
  • Arabic: “عجلون”
  • Arabic: “قضاء عجلون”
  • Asturian: “Ajloun”
  • Belarusian: “Аджлюн”
  • Bulgarian: “Ажлун”
  • Catalan: “Adjlun”
  • Catalan: “Ajlun”
  • Cebuano: “‘Ajlūn”
  • Cebuano: “Ajloun”
  • Chinese: “阿傑隆”
  • Chinese: “阿杰隆”
  • Czech: “Adžlún”
  • Dutch: “Ajlun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عجلون”
  • Finnish: “Ajlun”
  • French: “Ajloun”
  • French: “Ajlun”
  • German: “Adschlun”
  • German: “Ajloun”
  • Greek: “Ατζλούν”
  • Hebrew: “עג’לון”
  • Indonesian: “‘Ajlun”
  • Indonesian: “Ajloun”
  • Indonesian: “Ajlun”
  • Italian: “Ajlun”
  • Japanese: “アジュルン”
  • Korean: “아질룬”
  • Lithuanian: “Adžlunas”
  • Malay: “Ajloun”
  • Mingrelian: “აჯლუნა”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ajloun”
  • Norwegian: “Adjlun”
  • Persian: “عجلون”
  • Polish: “Adżlun”
  • Portuguese: “Ajloun”
  • Portuguese: “Ajlun”
  • Romanian: “Ajloun”
  • Russian: “Аджлун”
  • Slovenian: “Ajlun”
  • Spanish: “Ajlun”
  • Swedish: “‘Ajlūn”
  • Swedish: “`Ajlūn”
  • Swedish: “Ajlun”
  • Thai: “อัจญ์ลูน”
  • Turkish: “Aclun”
  • Ukrainian: “Аджлун”
  • Urdu: “عجلون”
  • Welsh: “Ajloun”
  • Welsh: “Ajlun”
  • Welsh: “Ajlwn”
  • Western Panjabi: “عجلون”

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