Tell Mar Elias
Tell Mar Elias is a tell, i. e. an archaeological mound, located slightly outside the town limits and northwest of Ajloun in the Ajloun Governorate, northern Jordan, in the historical region of Gilead.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hill in Jordan
- Also known as: “תל מאר אליאס”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Ajloun Forest Reserve.
Ajloun Forest Reserve
Nature reserve
The Ajloun Forest Reserve is a nature reserve located… Ajloun Forest Reserve is situated 3½ km northeast of Tell Mar Elias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anjara and Kufranjah.
Anjara
Town
Anjara is an ancient town located at northern Jordan in the Ajloun Governorate. Anjara is situated 7 km southeast of Tell Mar Elias.
Kufranjah
Town
Kufranjah is a municipality in the Ajloun Governorate, located in the northwestern region of Jordan. Kufranjah is situated 7 km south of Tell Mar Elias.
Tell Mar Elias
- Categories: tell, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ajlun, Northern Jordan, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.36232° or 32° 21′ 44″ north
Longitude
35.72255° or 35° 43′ 21″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8G4Q9P6F+W2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tell Mar Elias” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنائس مار إلياس”
- Czech: “Návrší proroka Elijáše”
- Czech: “Tell Mar Elias”
- Dutch: “Tell Mar Elias”
- Hebrew: “תל אליהו הקדוש”
- Italian: “Tell Mar Elias”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tell Mar Elias”
- Persian: “کلیسای مار الیاس”
- Portuguese: “Tel Mar Elias”
- Portuguese: “Tell Mar Elias”
- Russian: “Тель-Мар-Ильяс”
- Slovenian: “Džebel Mar Elias”
- Vietnamese: “Tell Mar Elias”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mar Elias Monastery and مركز صحي عرجان.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Beit Sa’da and eye pharmacy.
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