Wadi Qusayb
Wadi Qusayb is a locality in Balqa Governorate, Jordan. Wadi Qusayb is situated nearby to the village Ash Shaghur, as well as near the neighborhood Sodom?.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tell er-Rameh and Tell el-Hammam.
Tell er-Rameh
Archaeological site
Photo: Deg777, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell er-Rameh or Tall el-Rama is a small mound in Jordan rising in the plain east of the River Jordan, about twelve miles from Jericho. It presently has a Muslim cemetery on the acropolis that prevents it from being excavated.
Tell el-Hammam
Archaeological site
Photo: Deg777, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tell el-Hammam is an archaeological site in the Amman Governorate of Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley 11.7 kilometers east of the Jordan River and not far from its mouth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Maghtas and Sweimeh.
Al Maghtas
Locality
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Maghtas, officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. Al Maghtas is situated 9 km west of Wadi Qusayb.
Sweimeh
Village
Sweimeh is a village located in the southern Jordan Valley, in the Balqa Governorate of Jordan. Its population is around 5000, within 726 households. Sweimeh's economy is based on agriculture, alongside small projects of trading and tourism. Sweimeh is situated 9 km southwest of Wadi Qusayb.
Wadi Qusayb
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Wādī Quşayb”
- Location: Balqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.83334° or 31° 50′ northLongitude
35.64991° or 35° 38′ 60″ eastOpen location code
8G3QRJMX+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 799099700OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Wadi Qusayb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي قصيب”
- French: “Wadi Qusayb”
- German: “Wadi Qusayb”
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