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 around 740 metres (2,440 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

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Archaeological site
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

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Um er-Rasas” goes by many names.
أم الرصاصArabic
جحفيةArabic
Ում էլ-ՌասասArmenian
Umm ar-RasasBasque
Ум ер-РасасBulgarian
Um er-RasasCatalan
乌姆赖萨斯Chinese
烏姆賴薩斯Chinese
Um er-RasasCroatian
Kastron Mefa’aCzech
Umm ar-RasasCzech
Umm er-RasasCzech
Kastrom Mefa’aDutch
Um er-RasasDutch
ام الرصاصEgyptian Arabic
Um er-RasasFinnish
Kastrom Mefa’aFrench
Um Al-RasasFrench
Um er-RasasFrench
Umm ar-RasasGalician
უმ არ რასასიGeorgian
Kastron Mefa’aGerman
Um er-RasasGerman
Umm er-RasasGerman
Ουμ αλ ΡασαςGreek
Ουμ αρ ΡασαςGreek
Ουμ ερ-ΡασάςGreek
אום א-רסאסHebrew
उम्म अर-रासHindi
Umm ar-RasasIndonesian
Kastrom Mefa’aItalian
Um er-RasasItalian
Umm al-RasasItalian
ウム・アル＝ラサスJapanese
ウム・エル＝ラサス（キャストロ・メファ）Japanese
Um ar RasasLithuanian
Ум Ар-РасасMacedonian
Kastron Mefa’aMaltese
Um er-RasasMaltese
Ум эр-РасасMongolian
Umm er-RasasNorwegian
Umm er-RasasNorwegian Bokmål
ام ارصاصPersian
ام‌الرصاصPersian
Umm ar-RasasPolish
Umm er-RasasPolish
Um er-RasasPortuguese
Kastron Mefa’aRomanian
Umm al RassasRomanian
Umm ar-RasasRomanian
Ум-эр-РасасRussian
Умм-эр-РасасRussian
Ум ер-РасасSerbian
Um er-RasasSerbo-Croatian
Umm ar-RasasSlovenian
Kastrom Mefa’aSpanish
Um er-RasasSpanish
Umm al RassasSpanish
Umm ar RasasSpanish
Umm er-RasasSpanish
Kastrom Mefa’aSwedish
Kastron Mefa’aSwedish
Um er-RasasSwedish
Умм-әр-Расас археологик аланыTatar
Umm ar-RasasTurkish
Ум-ер-РасасUkrainian
Умм-ер-РасасUkrainian
ام الرصاصUrdu
Um er-RasasVietnamese

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