Awajan al Sharqi
Awajan al Sharqi is a village in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan. Awajan al Sharqi is situated nearby to the neighborhood الجندي, as well as near الامير حسن.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp and Zarqa.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
Suburb
Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp is situated 3 km north of Awajan al Sharqi.
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue ". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
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 7 km southwest of Awajan al Sharqi.
Awajan al Sharqi
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Awajān esh Sharqi”
- Category: locality
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.03333° or 32° 2′ northLongitude
36.08333° or 36° 5′ eastOpen location code
8G4R23MM+88OpenStreetMap ID
node 802925101OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Awajan al Sharqi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “عوجان الشرقي”
- French: “Awajan al Sharqi”
- German: “Awajan al Sharqi”
Localities in the Area
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