Middle East
Jordan
Mafraq Governorate

Jawa

Jawa is the site of the oldest proto-urban development in , dating from the late 4th millennium BC. It is located in one of the driest areas of the Black Desert of Eastern Jordan.
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: Bronze Age archaeological site in Jordan
  • Also known as: “Jawa, Jordan”

Jawa

Latitude
32.33578° or 32° 20′ 9″ north
Longitude
37.00386° or 37° 0′ 14″ east
Open location code
8G4V82P3+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1693218631
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q16892887
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Jawa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جاوه”
  • Arabic: “مدينة جاوه”
  • Danish: “Jawa”
  • German: “Jawa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jawa”. Photo: Joe Roe, CC BY-SA 4.0.