Askān al Mīnā’

Askān al Mīnā’ is a village in , . Askān al Mīnā’ is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Aqaba Archaeological Museum and Aqaba Castle.

Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is the official archaeological museum of the city of in .

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of , Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to and which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century.

Archaeological site
Aqābaʾ is the only coastal city in and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the . is situated 2½ km north of Askān al Mīnā’.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's only port city. It is on the Gulf of in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.

Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 5 km north of Askān al Mīnā’.

Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.

Askān al Mīnā’

Latitude
29.50872° or 29° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
35.00513° or 35° 0′ 19″ east
Open location code
7GXQG254+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 798842918
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“Askān al Mīnā’” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اسكان الميناء”
  • French: “Iskan Al Mina”

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