Um er-Rasas

Umm ar-Rasas is located 30 km southeast of in the in central . It was once accessible by branches of the King's Highway, and is situated in the semi-arid steppe region of the Jordanian Desert.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 744 metres (2,441 feet)
  • Description: Jordanian archeological site
  • Also known as
    “Kastron Mefa’a”
    “Um el Resas”
    “Um er Rişāş”
    “Umm ar Raşāş”
    “Umm er Riṣāṣ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kastron Mefaa.

Archaeological site
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site.

Um er-Rasas

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Latitude
31.5054° or 31° 30′ 19″ north
Longitude
35.921° or 35° 55′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G3QGW4C+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 82908941
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
246330
Wiki­data ID
Q822842

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Um er-Rasas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أم الرصاص”
  • Arabic: “ام الرصاص”
  • Arabic: “جحفية”
  • Armenian: “Ում էլ-Ռասաս”
  • Basque: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Bulgarian: “Ум ер-Расас”
  • Catalan: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Chinese: “乌姆赖萨斯”
  • Chinese: “烏姆賴薩斯”
  • Croatian: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Czech: “Kastron Mefa’a”
  • Czech: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Czech: “Umm er-Rasas”
  • Dutch: “Kastrom Mefa’a”
  • Dutch: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ام الرصاص”
  • Finnish: “Um er-Rasas”
  • French: “Kastrom Mefa’a”
  • French: “Um Al-Rasas”
  • French: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Galician: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Georgian: “უმ არ რასასი”
  • Georgian: “უმ-არ-რასასი”
  • German: “Kastron Mefa’a”
  • German: “Um er-Rasas”
  • German: “Umm er Rasas”
  • German: “Umm er-Rasas”
  • Greek: “Ουμ αλ Ρασας”
  • Greek: “Ουμ αρ Ρασας”
  • Greek: “Ουμ ερ-Ρασάς”
  • Hebrew: “אום א-רסאס”
  • Hindi: “उम्म अर-रास”
  • Indonesian: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Italian: “Kastrom Mefa’a”
  • Italian: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Italian: “Umm al-Rasas”
  • Japanese: “ウム・アル=ラサス”
  • Japanese: “ウム・アル＝ラサス”
  • Japanese: “ウム・エル＝ラサス（キャストロ・メファ）”
  • Lithuanian: “Um ar Rasas”
  • Macedonian: “Ум Ар-Расас”
  • Maltese: “Kastron Mefa’a”
  • Maltese: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Mongolian: “Ум эр-Расас”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Umm er-Rasas”
  • Norwegian: “Umm er-Rasas”
  • Persian: “ام ارصاص”
  • Persian: “ام الرصاص”
  • Persian: “ام‌الرصاص”
  • Polish: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Polish: “Umm er-Rasas”
  • Portuguese: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Portuguese: “Umer Rasas”
  • Romanian: “Kastron Mefa’a”
  • Romanian: “Umm al Rassas”
  • Romanian: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Russian: “Ум-эр-Расас”
  • Russian: “Умм-эр-Расас”
  • Serbian: “Ум ер-Расас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Slovenian: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Spanish: “Kastrom Mefa’a”
  • Spanish: “Um er Rasas”
  • Spanish: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Spanish: “Umm al Rassas”
  • Spanish: “Umm ar Rasas”
  • Spanish: “Umm er Rasas”
  • Spanish: “Umm er-Rasas”
  • Swedish: “Kastrom Mefa’a”
  • Swedish: “Kastron Mefa’a”
  • Swedish: “Um er-Rasas”
  • Tatar: “Умм-әр-Расас археологик аланы”
  • Turkish: “Umm ar-Rasas”
  • Ukrainian: “Ум-ер-Расас”
  • Ukrainian: “Умм-ер-Расас”
  • Urdu: “ام الرصاص”
  • Vietnamese: “Um er-Rasas”

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