Port of Aqaba
The Port of Aqaba is the only port in Jordan, and is owned by Aqaba Development Corporation and has 12 terminals operated by five operators: the Aqaba Company for port management and operation; Aqaba Container Terminal; Industrial Port Company; phosphate Company; National Electricity power Company, and the pilotage operated by Aqaba Port Marine Services Company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Xavi Talleda, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tala Bay and Aqaba.
Tala Bay
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tala Bay is a resort town on the Red Sea in Jordan, 15km south of Aqaba.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Taba
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Taba, in the eastern Sinai peninsula of Egypt, is on the border with Israel, close to the city and airport of Eilat. The area within one km of the border is a duty-free zone with a couple of large resort hotels, a few shops, the bus station and other amenities.
Port of Aqaba
- Type: Industry
- Description: Port in Aqaba, Jordan
- Category: port
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.46622° or 29° 27′ 58″ northLongitude
34.97802° or 34° 58′ 41″ eastOpen location code
7GXPFX8H+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 42856719OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q13217686
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Port of Aqaba” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميناء العقبة”
- Armenian: “Ակաբայի նավահանգիստ”
- Bengali: “আকাবা বন্দর”
- Central Kurdish: “بەندەری عەقەبە”
- Hebrew: “נמל עקבה”
- Indonesian: “Pelabuhan Aqaba”
- Portuguese: “Porto de Aqaba”
- Romanian: “Portul Aqaba”
- Slovenian: “Pristanišče Akaba”
- Urdu: “عقبہ بندرگاہ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include From Jordan to Egypt. (Aqaba Nuwaibee, 50JD, 3hours, taxi from center 5JD max) and Underwater military museum.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Port of Aqaba”. Photo: Xavi Talleda, CC BY 2.0.