Urqub Sabha
Urqub Sabha is a locality in Amman Governorate, Jordan. Urqub Sabha is situated nearby to the neighborhood عين غزال, as well as near المشيرفة.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include ‘Ain Ghazal and Amman Civil Airport.
‘Ain Ghazal
Archaeological site
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ayn Ghazal is a Neolithic archaeological site located in Amman, Jordan, about 2 km north-west of Amman Civil Airport. The site is remarkable for being the place where the ʿAin Ghazal statues were found, which are among the oldest large-sized statues ever discovered.
Amman Civil Airport
Aerodrome
Amman Civil Airport, commonly known as Marka International Airport, is located in Marka district, Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan, some 5 kilometres northeast of Amman's city centre. Amman Civil Airport is situated 3 km south of Urqub Sabha.
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 3½ km east of Urqub Sabha.
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 7 km southwest of Urqub Sabha.
Amman
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
Amman is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with a population of about 4 million as of 2020. Amman forms a great base for exploring the country and does, despite popular belief, hold a few items of interest to the traveler.
Urqub Sabha
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “‘Urqūb Şabḩā”
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32° northLongitude
35.98333° or 35° 59′ eastOpen location code
8G4Q2X2M+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 798899887OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Urqub Sabha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عرقوب صبحا”
- French: “Urqub Sabha”
- German: “Urqub Sabha”
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Localities in the Area
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