New Zarqa
New Zarqa is a town in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. New Zarqa is situated nearby to the neighborhood برخ, as well as near the village Zerka.Places of Interest
Highlights include Prince Mohammed Stadium.
Prince Mohammed Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Fuad1987, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Prince Mohammed Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zarqa, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 11,400 people after the installation of seats.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
Zarqa
Photo: Yazan4HD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Suburb
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 3½ km south of New Zarqa.
New Zarqa
- Type: Town
- Category: locality
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.08806° or 32° 5′ 17″ northLongitude
36.09645° or 36° 5′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8G4R33QW+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 4011090994OpenStreetMap feature
place=townWikidata ID
Q12188083
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“New Zarqa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الزرقاء الجديدة”
- Arabic: “الزرقاء الجديده”
- French: “New Zarqa”
Localities in the Area
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