Marka Alshamalia
Marka Alshamalia is a neighborhood in Amman Governorate, Jordan. Marka Alshamalia is situated nearby to the neighborhood حي المطار, as well as near the suburb منطقة ماركا.Places of Interest
Highlights include Amman Civil Airport and ‘Ain Ghazal.
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.
‘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.
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 4½ km northeast of Marka Alshamalia.
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 6 km west of Marka Alshamalia.
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.
Marka Alshamalia
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Marka” and “Mārkā”
- Category: locality
- Location: Amman Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.98076° or 31° 58′ 51″ northLongitude
35.98528° or 35° 59′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8G3QXXJP+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 802869091OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Marka Alshamalia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماركا الشمالية”
- French: “Marka Alshamalia”
- German: “Marka Alshamalia”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as حي المطار and منطقة ماركا.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include اسواق السلام and مسجد المشفى العسكري.
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