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Discover Umm Jawzah in Jordan

Umm Jawzah in the region of Balqa is a town located in Jordan - some 16 mi or ( 25 km ) North-West of Amman , the country's capital .

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Local time in Umm Jawzah is now 01:38 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Amman " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Homs, Damascus, Latakia, and Yarqa. When in this area, you might want to check out Nicosia . We found 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 Umm Jawzah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science Applications in the Middle East

The International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) is an independent laboratory formally created under the auspices of UNESCO on 30 May 2002. It is located in Allan, by the Al-Balqa nahia of the Balqa governorate of Jordan. The founding members of SESAME are Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey.

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Located at 32.11 35.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science Applications in the Middle East, International nuclear energy organizations, International research institutes, Research institutes in Jordan, Synchrotron radiation facilities

Salt, Jordan

Salt is an ancient agricultural town and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1100 metres above sea level, the town is built in the crook of three hills, close to the Jordan River valley. One of the three hills is the site of a 13th century ruined fortress. It is the capital of the Balqa Governorate. The Greater Salt Municipality has about 97,000 inhabitants (2006).

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Located at 32.03 35.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Balqa Governorate

Fuheis

Fuheis (also Fuhais) is a town in the Jordanian governorate of Balqa, just 20 kilometers northwest of Amman. A town of 20,000 residents, Fuheis is the only remaining overtly Christian dominated settlement in Jordan. It is located in an intermediate vicinity to the cities of Salt and Amman.

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Located at 32.02 35.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Balqa Governorate

Baqa'a

The Baqa'a refugee camp, first created in 1968, lies 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 80,100 Palestinians who are registered as such with the United Nations, making it the largest camp in Jordan. Baqa'a was one of six camps set up in Jordan in 1968 to house the Palestinians who left the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the 1967 Arab Israeli war. Between June 1967 and February 1968, residents were housed in temporary camps in the Jordan valley.

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Located at 32.07 35.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, Populated places established in 1968

Penuel

Penuel (Hebrew פְּנוּאֵל), also known as the "face of God", is a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and north of the river Jabbok. It is also called "Peniel" by Jacob, meaning 'face of God', "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared. " Here Jacob wrestled "with a man" "till the break of day. " A town was afterward built there . The men of this place refused to give bread to Gideon and his 300 men when they were in pursuit of the Midianites .

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Located at 32.18 35.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Book of Genesis, Jacob, Torah places