Aqaba
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
- City with about 140,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code AQJ
- Description: Jordanian coastal city
- Also known as“Akaba”“Al Aqaba”“al-ʻAqabah”“ʻAqabah”“Qal`at el `Aqaba”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aqaba Archaeological Museum and Aqaba Castle.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan.
Aqaba Church
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan.
Aqaba
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Latitude
29.5266° or 29° 31′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.0075° or 35° 0′ 27″ east
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Aqaba” goes by many names.
AkabaAfrikaans
AkabaAlbanian
AkabeAlbanian
AqabaAlbanian
ΑἴλαναAncient Greek (to 1453)
ΑἰλανήAncient Greek (to 1453)
ΑἴλανονAncient Greek (to 1453)
AqabaArabic
العقبةArabic
العقبهArabic
جحفيةArabic
مدينة العقبةArabic
مدينه العقبةArabic
ԱկաբաArmenian
ÁqabaAsturian
AkabaAzerbaijani
AqabaAzerbaijani
ҒәҡәбәBashkir
AkabaBasque
AqabaBasque
АкабаBelarusian
আকাবাBengali
АкабаBulgarian
ÀcabaCatalan
AelanaCatalan
AkabaCatalan
Al-‘AqabaCatalan
ÀqabaCatalan
AqabaCebuano
dakbayan sa Ëkabë̀Cebuano
Ëkabë̀Cebuano
عەقەبەCentral Kurdish
亚喀巴Chinese
亞喀巴Chinese
阿卡巴Chinese
AkabaCroatian
AqabaCroatian
AkabaCzech
AkabaDanish
AqabaDanish
AelanaDutch
AkabaDutch
Al-AkabaDutch
Al-AqabaDutch
AqabaDutch
العقبهEgyptian Arabic
AkaboEsperanto
Al-‘AqabahEstonian
AkabaFinnish
AqabaIndonesian
AqabaIrish
AilaItalian
AqabaItalian
アカバJapanese
エル・アカバJapanese
AqabaJavanese
ಅಕಾಬಾKannada
Akaba qalasıKazakh
Акаба қаласыKazakh
АқабаKazakh
اكابا قالاسىKazakh
아카바Korean
AelanaLatin
AkabaLatvian
AqabaLimburgan
AkabaLithuanian
AkabaLuxembourgish
AqabaLuxembourgish
AqabaMalay
AqabaMalayalam
അക്വാബാMalayalam
AqabaMaltese
अकाबाMarathi
عقبهMazanderani
ელ-აყაბაMingrelian
AkabaNorwegian
AkabaNorwegian Bokmål
AqabaNorwegian Bokmål
AkabaNorwegian Nynorsk
АкабæOssetian
AkábâPampanga
lakambalen ning AkábâPampanga
عقبهPersian
AkabaPolish
Al-AkabaPolish
AkabaRomanian
AqabaRomanian
АилаRussian
АкабаRussian
АэланаRussian
ЭлатRussian
AqabaScots
АкабаSerbian
AkabaSerbo-Croatian
අකබාSinhala
AkabaSlovak
AkabaSlovenian
AqabaSlovenian
AkabaSwedish
al-AqabaSwedish
AqabaSwedish
АқабаTajik
அகிஆபாTamil
அக்காபாTamil
అకాబTelugu
อัลอะเกาะบะฮ์Thai
แอคะบาThai
AkabeTurkish
ئەيلەUighur
ئەيلە (شەھەر)Uighur
АкабаUkrainian
عقبہUrdu
AqabaUzbek
AqabaVenetian
AqabaVietnamese
AqabaWaray (Philippines)
AcabaWelsh
Al-‘AqabahWelsh
AqabaWelsh
AkabaWestern Frisian
عقبہWestern Panjabi
亚喀巴Wu Chinese
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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