Liwa Ajlun
Liwa Ajlun is a region in Ajlun, Northern Jordan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ajlun Castle and Tell Mar Elias.
Ajlun Castle
Photo: High Contrast, CC BY 3.0 de.
Ajloun Castle, medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal Auf after a Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century.
Tell Mar Elias
Archaeological site
Photo: Nickfraser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tell Mar Elias is a tell, i. e. an archaeological mound, located slightly outside the town limits and northwest of Ajloun in the Ajloun Governorate, northern Jordan, in the historical region of Gilead.
Ajloun Forest Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ajloun Forest Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Ajloun Governorate in north-west Jordan. Established by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in 1988 in the area around the village of Umm Al-Yanabi, it comprises an area of 13 square kilometres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anjara and Souf.
Anjara
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anjara is an ancient town located at northern Jordan in the Ajloun Governorate. The city is situated 4 kilometers to the south of Ajloun, and 73 kilometers to the north of the Jordanian capital Amman.
Souf
Town
Photo: Banimustafa, Public domain.
Souf is a town in Jerash Governorate, Jordan, set over a series of mountains at an altitude of 1,000 meters. Souf is situated 35 miles north of Amman, the capital of Jordan.
Kufranjah
Town
Kufranjah is a municipality in the Ajloun Governorate, located in the northwestern region of Jordan. It serves as the administrative center for the Kufranjah District.
Liwa Ajlun
- Type: Region
- Also known as: “Liwā’ ‘Ajlūn”
- Category: locality
- Location: Ajlun, Northern Jordan, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.3333° or 32° 20′ northLongitude
35.75° or 35° 45′ eastOpen location code
8G4Q8QM2+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 798930271OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hungarian—“Liwa Ajlun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة عجلون”
- French: “Liwa Ajlun”
- German: “Liwa Ajlun”
- Hungarian: “Adzslún kormányzóság”
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