Muhafazat al Balqa
Muhafazat al Balqa is a region in Amman Governorate, Jordan.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wadi Shuʿeib.
Wadi Shuʿeib
Peak
Photo: Adeeb Atwan, CC BY 3.0.
Wadi Shueib, Arabic for the Valley of Jethro and properly Wadi Shuʿeib but with many variant romanisations, is a wadi in Jordan. The alluvial fan of the wadi where it enters the southern part of the eastern Jordan Valley is known as Wadi Nimrin, which leads into the Jordan River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salt.
Salt
Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.
As-Salt, also known as Salt, is an ancient trading city and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem.
Muhafazat al Balqa
- Type: Region
- Also known as: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Balqā’”
- Category: locality
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32° northLongitude
35.6667° or 35° 40′ eastOpen location code
8G4Q2M28+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 802858221OpenStreetMap feature
place=region
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hungarian—“Muhafazat al Balqa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محافظة البلقاء”
- French: “Muhafazat al Balqa”
- German: “Muhafazat al Balqa”
- Hungarian: “Balká kormányzóság”
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