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.Photo: Nickfraser, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hill in Jordan
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ajloun Forest Reserve.
Ajloun Forest Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Freedom’s Falcon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ajloun Forest Reserve is a nature reserve located in the Ajloun Governorate in north-west Jordan. Established by the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in 1988 in the area around the village of Umm Al-Yanabi, it comprises an area of 13 square kilometres. Ajloun Forest Reserve is situated 3½ km northeast of Tell Mar Elias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anjara and Kufranjah.
Anjara
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Anjara is an ancient town located at northern Jordan in the Ajloun Governorate. The city is situated 4 kilometers to the south of Ajloun, and 73 kilometers to the north of the Jordanian capital Amman. 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. It serves as the administrative center for the Kufranjah District. 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″ northLongitude
35.72255° or 35° 43′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8G4Q9P6F+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 1056469266OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q7697429
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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”
- Hebrew: “תל מאר אליאס”
- 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 include Mar Elias Monastery and مركز صحي عرجان.
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