Zarqa
Zarqa is a city in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan and has about 395,000 residents. Zarqa is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hayy Al-Hussein, as well as near حي الأمير شاكر.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zarqa and Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp.
Zarqa
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue ". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
Al-Zarqa’a Refugee Camp
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Zarqa Camp is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. It is located outside of Zarqa. It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.
Zarqa
- Type: City with 395,000 residents
- Also known as: “Al Zarka”, “Al Zarqa”, “az-Zarqa”, and “ez-Zerga”
- Category: locality
- Location: Zarqa Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.0691° or 32° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
36.0757° or 36° 4′ 33″ eastPopulation
395,000Open location code
8G4R339G+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 379036545OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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