Beit Heshboni

Beit Heshboni is a building in Irbid Governorate, Jordan. Beit Heshboni is situated nearby to Umm Qais Museum, as well as near the ruins North Theatre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Umm Qais Museum and Gadara.

Umm Qais Museum

Museum

The Umm Qais Museum is museum in Irbid Governorate, Jordan. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting and conserving artifacts from the archeological site of Umm Qais.

Gadara, in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. Gadara is situated 440 metres west of Beit Heshboni.

West Theatre

Theater building

Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.

West Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 180 metres west of Beit Heshboni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umm Qais and Malka.

Umm Qais

Photo: Thilver, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Malka

Town

Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Malka is a town in Irbid Governorate, Jordan, within Bani Kinanah District. Official locality tables published by the Department of Statistics list Malka among the localities of Irbid. Malka is situated 7 km east of Beit Heshboni.

Sha’ar HaGolan

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Sha'ar HaGolan is a kibbutz situated at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Jordan Valley area of north-eastern Israel. Located less than 1 km from the border with Jordan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Sha’ar HaGolan is situated 8 km northwest of Beit Heshboni.

Beit Heshboni

Type: Building
Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.6554° or 32° 39′ 20″ north

Longitude

35.67988° or 35° 40′ 48″ east

Height

4 metres (13 feet)

Open location code

8G4QMM4H+5X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 115558721

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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