الشيوخ

الشيوخ is a neighborhood in , . الشيوخ is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prince Mohammed Stadium.

Stadium
Photo: Fuad1987, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 11,400 people after the installation of seats. is situated 2½ km northeast of الشيوخ.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.

Photo: Yazan4HD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the capital of in . 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 .

Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of . 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. is situated 2½ km south of الشيوخ.

الشيوخ

Latitude
32.07924° or 32° 4′ 45″ north
Longitude
36.10064° or 36° 6′ 2″ east
Open location code
8G4R34H2+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7537745728
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
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