Abu Zeit

Abu Zeit is a locality in , . Abu Zeit is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the locality .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irbid and Irbid camp.

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in northern , some 88 km north of the capital . Archaeological evidence reveals that has been settled since the Bronze Age.

Neighborhood
is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in . It is located outside of . It was one of the four camps founded in Jordan to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, the others being , and . is situated 3½ km northeast of Abu Zeit.

Town
is the name of a city in in . Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis, but this is disputed. It had a population of 63,244 as of 2018. is situated 6 km southeast of Abu Zeit.

Abu Zeit

Latitude
32.54999° or 32° 33′ north
Longitude
35.81674° or 35° 49′ 0″ east
Open location code
8G4QGRX8+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 802824629
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to German—“Abu Zeit” goes by many names.

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