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Ar Rishah Destination Guide

Explore Ar Rishah in Jordan

Ar Rishah in the region of Aqaba is a place in Jordan - some 127 mi or ( 204 km ) South of Amman , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ar Rishah

Time in Ar Rishah is now 07:40 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Amman " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Damascus, Bi'r Hamad, At Tafilah, Amman, and Aqaba. Since you are here already, consider visiting Damascus . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Ar Rishah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Treasury of Petra, Jordan

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Discovered in 1812 by the Swiss Johann Ludwig Burckhardt who was disquised as a Moorish murchant the remains of the old city of Petra were mostly covered by sand. Until 1960 Petra was seldom visited b ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Highway 13 (Israel)

Highway 13 is an expressway in southern Israel. It is 12 km long. It begins in the north at Tzihor junction with Highway 40, and ends in the south at Menuha junction with Highway 90. Thus, it connects between Highway 40, which runs north to Mizpe Ramon and Beersheba via the central Negev, and Highway 90, which traverses the Arava region on Israel's eastern border.

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Located at 30.29 35.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Roads in Israel

Mount Hor

Mount Hor is the name given in the Old Testament to two distinct mountains. One is in the Land of Edom on the East shore of the Dead Sea (currently, the country of Jordan), the other by the Mediterranean Sea at the Northern border of the Land of Israel.

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Located at 30.32 35.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Hebrew Bible mountains

Arabah

The Arabah, also known as Aravah, is a section of the Jordan Rift Valley running in a north-south orientation between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee (as the Jordan river valley) down to the Dead Sea and continuing further south where it ends at the Gulf of Aqaba. It includes most of the border between Israel to the west and Jordan to the east.

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Located at 30.42 35.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Great Rift Valley, Israel–Jordan relations, Landforms of Jordan, Regions of Israel, Wadi

Ad Deir

Ad Deir is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra. Built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century and measuring 50 metres wide by approximately 45 meters high, architecturally the Monastery is an example of the Nabatean Classical style. It is the second most visited building in Petra after Al Khazneh. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:30|20|16|N|35|25|52|E|region:JO_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki |primary |name= }}

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Located at 30.34 35.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Monuments and memorials in Jordan, Nabataean sites in Jordan, Rock cut architecture

Historical Weather

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