Azraq
Azraq is a small town in Zarqa Governorate in central-eastern Jordan, 100 kilometres east of Amman. The population of Azraq was 9,021 in 2004. The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is located in Azraq.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 57,500 residents
- Description: human settlement in Jordan
- Also known as: “Al Azraq”, “Azraq Ashikah”, “Azraq esh Shīshān”, “Azraq Shishan”, “Azraq, Jordan”, and “Muthallath al Azraq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Azraq Wetland Reserve.
Azraq Wetland Reserve
The Azraq Wetland Reserve is a nature reserve located in the town of Azraq in the eastern desert of Jordan. An oasis for migratory birds, the reserve was established in 1978 and covers 12 square kilometres.
Azraq
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Eastern Desert, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Azraq” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Azraq”
- Arabic: “الأزرق ( مدينة أردنية)”
- Arabic: “الأزرق (مدينة أردنية)”
- Arabic: “الأزرق, الأردن”
- Arabic: “الأزرق”
- Arabic: “مثلث الأزرق”
- Bulgarian: “Азрак”
- Catalan: “Al-Àzraq”
- Catalan: “Azraq”
- Catalan: “Àzraq”
- Cebuano: “Azraq ash Shīshān”
- Chinese: “艾兹赖格”
- Chinese: “阿茲拉克”
- Dutch: “Azraq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الازرق”
- Finnish: “Azraq”
- French: “Azraq”
- German: “Al-Asrak”
- German: “Al-Azraq”
- Greek: “Άζρακ”
- Hebrew: “אל-אזרק”
- Hebrew: “אל־אזרק”
- Irish: “Azraq”
- Japanese: “アズラク”
- Japanese: “アズラック”
- Lithuanian: “Azrakas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Azraq”
- Persian: “ازرق، اردن”
- Polish: “Al-Azrak asz-Szamali”
- Romanian: “Azraq, Iordania”
- Russian: “Азрак”
- Scots: “Azraq”
- Spanish: “Azraq”
- Swedish: “al-Azraq”
- Swedish: “Al-Azraq”
- Turkish: “Ezrak”
- Ukrainian: “Азрак”
- Ukrainian: “Ель-Азрак”
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