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Aqaba
1,Sep,2024
About Aqaba AAqaba is located at the extreme south of the Kingdom at the tip of the Gulf, which is named after it. Aqaba Governorate consists of two counties (Al-Qasaba -the seat of the major city, and Al-Quairah), two districts (Wadi Araba, and Al-Deeseh), and (5) municipalities. Aqaba Governorate is considered a strategic region, and the only sea por ..
Ma'an
1,Sep,2024
About Ma'an Maʿan is southern Jordan. It is a regional trade centre for the sparsely settled southern part of the country, which is inhabited mainly by the Ḥuwayṭat and other Bedouin tribes. Once a centre of Minaean power in northwestern Arabia, Maʿān was later controlled in turn by the Sabaeans, the Lihyanites, and the Nabataeans. Modern-day Maʿān is the ch ..
Tafila
1,Sep,2024
About Tafila Tafelah Governorate is located in the southwestern part of the Kingdom; it is northern boundaries meet with Karak Governorate, Ma’an Governorate to the east and south, and Wadi Araba and the Dead Sea to the west. It is situated 183 km far from the Capital Amman. The Governorate’s area is 2,209 km2, which equals 2.5% of the total area of the King ..
Karak
1,Sep,2024
About Karak Nestled just 30 kilometers from Amman, Madaba is conveniently located for getting around Jordan. The Dead Sea is 30 kilometers from the center of the city, ideal for a spot of relaxation. The closest airport is Queen Alia International Airport which is a thirty-minute car journey away. Madaba is a bustling city that is best known for its arti ..
Balqa
1,Sep,2024
About Balqa Balqa Governorate is located in the western part of the Kingdom. Its boundaries in the north is reaching to Irbid, Jerash, and Ajloun governorates, the River of Jordan and the Dead Sea to the west, Madaba Governorate and the Dead Sea to the south, and Amman and Zarqa governorates to the east. Accordingly, Balqa Governorate is having a middle loca ..
Madaba
1,Sep,2024
About Madaba Nestled just 30 kilometers from Amman, Madaba is conveniently located for getting around Jordan. The Dead Sea is 30 kilometers from the center of the city, ideal for a spot of relaxation. The closest airport is Queen Alia International Airport which is a thirty-minute car journey away. Madaba is a bustling city that is best known for its art ..
Jerash
1,Sep,2024
About Jerash Jerash city is considered one of the most important archeological cities in the world. The history of this city goes back to the date of its establishment in the era of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. It enjoyed tranquility, stability and peace. It had been influenced by the Roman culture, and became one of the Decapolis (the allia ..
Mafraq
1,Sep,2024
About Mafraq Mafraq Governorate is one of the twelve governorates that make up the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It is the second largest governorate in terms of area after Ma’an Governorate. The northern Badia region constitutes the vast majority of its area. The governorate is located in the northeast of Jordan, bordered by Iraq to the east, Syria to the no ..
Zarqa
1,Sep,2024
About Zarqa Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the Second most populous city in Jordan after Amman. Though it is the Second largest city in Jordan, Zarqa has far fewer visitors than other nearby neighborhoods making it the perfect place to uncov ..
Irbid
1,Sep,2024
About Irbid Irbid known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela . It has the second-largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 2,003,800. As a city, Irbid is Jordan's third-largest, after Amman and Zarqa. Irbid is located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Amman on the northern ridge of the Gilead, equidistant fro ..
Ajloun
1,Sep,2024
Ajloun About Ajloun Ajloun is a hilly town in the north of Jordan, located 76 kilometers (around 47 miles) north west of Amman. It is noted for its impressive ruins of the 12th-century Ajloun Castle. The Ajlun Governorate has a population of over 176,080 widespread in 27 villages and towns over an area of about 420 km². The population is mainly com ..
Amman
1,Sep,2024
About Amman Amman is the capital and the largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center.With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the largest city in the Levant region, the fifth-largest city in the Arab world, and the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. Amman is a ..