Northern Jordan
Northern Jordan is the most developed region of Jordan. It includes the capital Amman.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Amman and Zarqa.
Amman
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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.
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.
Irbid
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Irbid is a city in northern Jordan, some 88 km north of the capital Amman. Archaeological evidence reveals that Irbid has been settled since the Bronze Age.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Jerash and Salt.
Jerash
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Jerash, a city in northern Jordan, is famous for its Roman ruins. The archaeological site is popular for tourists, second only to Petra.
Salt
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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.
Ajlun
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Ajloun, also spelled Ajlun, is the capital town of the Ajloun Governorate, a hilly town in the north of Jordan, located 76 kilometers north west of Amman. It is noted for its impressive ruins of the 12th-century Ajloun Castle.
Pella
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Pella was an ancient city in what is now northwest Jordan, and contains ruins from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Canaanite, Hellenistic and Islamic periods.
Umm Qais
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Umm Qais, also known as Qays, is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with Israel and Syria.
Northern Jordan
- Type: region
- Location: Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of center
32.24° or 32° 14′ 24″ northLongitude of center
35.78° or 35° 46′ 48″ eastWikidata ID
Q14205122
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Northern Jordan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “北约旦”
- Hebrew: “צפון ירדן”
- Italian: “Giordania settentrionale”
- Persian: “شمال اردن”
- Spanish: “Jordania septentrional”
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