Citadel Hill

The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological site on an L-shaped hill towering over Downtown Amman, in the central part of the capital of .
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  • Tourist attraction
  • Description: archaeological site in Amman
  • Also known as
    “Amman Citadel”
    “Jabal al-Qal’a”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jordan Archaeological Museum and Temple of Hercules.
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The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological… is situated 100 metres southwest of Citadel Hill.
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The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological… is situated 130 metres south of Citadel Hill.
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The Amman Citadel on Citadel Hill is an archaeological… is situated 160 metres northwest of Citadel Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amman and Jabal el-Hussein camp.
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is the capital and largest city of the Hashemite…
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is one of the 10 officially…
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Amman New Camp, usually known as the Al-Wehdat… is situated 3 km south of Citadel Hill.

Citadel Hill

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Latitude
31.95492° or 31° 57′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.93487° or 35° 56′ 6″ east
Open location code
8G3QXW3M+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 35200952
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3157009

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Citadel Hill” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل القلعة”
  • Arabic: “جبل القلعة”
  • Catalan: “Ciutadella d’Amman”
  • Chinese: “安曼城堡”
  • Chinese: “安曼城塞”
  • Dutch: “Citadel van Amman”
  • Esperanto: “Citadelo de Amano”
  • Esperanto: “Jabal al-Qal’a Monta Citadelo”
  • French: “citadelle d’Amman”
  • French: “Citadelle d’Amman”
  • French: “Jabal al-Qal’a”
  • German: “Zitadelle von Amman”
  • German: “Zitadellenhügel von Amman”
  • German: “Zitadellenhügel”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת עמאן”
  • Hindi: “अम्मान क़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Ammáni citadella”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Amman”
  • Italian: “Cittadella di Amman”
  • Japanese: “アンマン城塞”
  • Korean: “암만 성채”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amman citadell”
  • Portuguese: “Cidadela de Amã”
  • Romanian: “Cetatea Ammanului”
  • Slovenian: “Amanska citadela”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Aman”
  • Spanish: “Ciudadela de Amán”
  • Turkish: “Amman Kalesi”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ عمان”

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