مرج الفرس
مرج الفرس is a neighborhood in Amman Governorate, Jordan. مرج الفرس is situated nearby to the neighborhood الامير حمزة, as well as near the locality Wadi al Marbat.Places of Interest
Highlights include Khirbet Yajouz and King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre.
Khirbet Yajouz
Archaeological site
Photo: Yazan Al-Hajjaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khirbet Yajouz is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE. Khirbet Yajouz is situated 2½ km west of مرج الفرس.
King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre
Military training area
The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center is an installation located in Amman, Jordan that specializes in counter-terrorism, special operations and irregular warfare tactics, techniques and procedures. King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre is situated 3½ km east of مرج الفرس.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marka camp and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
Marka camp
Neighborhood
The Marka refugee camp is one of six emergency camps erected in 1968 to shelter 15,000 Palestinian refugees fleeing the West Bank and the Gaza Strip due to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Marka camp is situated 9 km southeast of مرج الفرس.
Jabal el-Hussein camp
Neighborhood
Jabal el-Hussein camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of the Abdali area district of Amman. Jabal el-Hussein camp is situated 9 km south of مرج الفرس.
Baqa’a camp
Village
The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies in Balqa Governorate, 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 100,000 Palestinian refugees who are registered as such with the United Nations. Baqa’a camp is situated 10 km west of مرج الفرس.
مرج الفرس
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.04417° or 32° 2′ 39″ northLongitude
35.94083° or 35° 56′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G4Q2WVR+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 7548484685OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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