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Discover Al Qastal in Jordan

Al Qastal in the region of Amman is a place located in Jordan - some 14 mi or ( 23 km ) South of Amman , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Al Qastal

Local time in Al Qastal is now 11:45 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Amman " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Damascus, Latakia, Umm as Summaq, and Umm al Qanafidh. When in this area, you might want to check out Nicosia . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Al Qastal ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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►◄Landing @ Queen Alia International Airport-Amman, Jordan►◄

4:02 min by Hussein S. Alsalahi
Views: 27880 Rating: 4.79

Landing @ Queen Alia International Airport-Amman, Jordan ..

►◄Taking off from Amman (AMM) --- heading to Chicago (ORD)►◄

9:58 min by Hussein S. Alsalahi
Views: 8136 Rating: 5.00

Date: 10/30/2009 Day: Friday Flight #: RJ63 Departure: 11:00 AM Airline: Royal Jordanian Airplane: Airbus A340-200 Duration: 13:30 Mileage: 6223 ..


Landing @ Amman (AMM) 4/24/2011

7:38 min by Hussein S. Alsalahi
Views: 1657 Rating: 5.00

Landing @ Amman (AMM) ; Coming from Chicago (ORD) ..

Landing @ Amman (AMM) 5/9/2011

6:58 min by Hussein S. Alsalahi
Views: 1197 Rating: 5.00

Landing @ Amman (AMM) coming from Jeddah (JED) on May 9, 2011 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Al Qastal, Jordan

Al Qastalis a town in the Amman Governorate of northern Jordan. Originally established as an Umayyad settlement, it remains the oldest and most complete such settlement in the Near East The remains of the minaret at Qastal is especially important as it is the only one extant from the Umayyad period, making it one of the oldest minarets in the world. Qasr Al Qastal, also located within the town, is considered one of the desert castles and is just 5 km from Qasr Mshatta.

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Located at 31.75 35.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Amman Governorate, Umayyad palaces

Queen Alia International Airport

Queen Alia International Airport is Jordan's largest airport and is situated in the Zizya (زيزياء) area, 20 miles (32 km) south of Amman. The airport has three terminals: two passenger terminals and one cargo terminal. It is the main hub of Royal Jordanian Airlines, the national flag carrier, as well as being a major hub for Jordan Aviation. It was built in 1983 and is named after Queen Alia, the third wife of the late King Hussein of Jordan who died in a helicopter crash in 1977.

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Located at 31.72 35.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Airports established in 1983, Airports in Jordan, Buildings and structures in Amman

Qasr Mshatta

Qasr Mshatta is the ruin of an Umayyad winter palace probably commissioned by caliph Al-Walid II (743-744). The ruins are located approximately 30 km south of Amman, Jordan, north of Queen Alia International Airport, and are part of a string of castles, palaces and caravanserai known collectively in Jordan as the Desert Castles.

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Located at 31.74 36.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Arabic architecture, Castles in Jordan, Umayyad palaces

King's Academy

King’s Academy is a co-educational private boarding school that opened its doors in August 2007 in Madaba-Manja, Jordan. It is named in honor of King Abdullah II of Jordan. King Abdullah attended high school at Deerfield Academy in the United States as there was no school of comparable standing in Jordan when he was a boy, but his son Crown Prince Hussein was a member of the new school's first intake. The new school's first headmaster, Dr. Eric Widmer, was a former headmaster of Deerfield.

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Located at 31.75 35.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: 2007 establishments in Jordan, Bahrain–Jordan relations, Boarding schools in Jordan, Educational institutions established in 2007, Gifted education, Private schools in Jordan

Sahab, Jordan

Sahab is a city in the Kingdom of Jordan, south east of the capital Amman. Sahab is well known for its Industrial Estate, the Islamic Cemetery, and Kahf of Raqeem site mentioned in the Qur'an. The earliest inhabitants in Sahab have immigrated mostly from Egypt during the era of the Ottoman Empire in the 1850s. Two major clans first inhabited the city: zyood (الزيود), and maharmah (المحارمة). a minority of migrant Egyptian workforce live and work in the area.

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Located at 31.87 36.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Amman Governorate