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Khirbat ash Shaykh Husayn in the region of Irbid is a town located in Jordan - some 50 mi or ( 80 km ) North-West of Amman , the country's capital .

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Local time in Khirbat ash Shaykh Husayn is now 04:19 AM (Friday) . 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, Aleppo, Damascus, Umm Qays, and Umm al Khirwa. 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 Khirbat ash Shaykh Husayn ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Naharayim

Naharayim is a site on the border between Israel and Jordan where an hydroelectric power-plant was established in 1930. The Yarmuk River flows into the Jordan River at Naharayim. The plant, established by Pinchas Rutenberg, produced much of the energy consumed in the British Mandate of Palestine until Israel's War of Independence in 1948.

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Located at 32.64 35.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures completed in 1930, Former hydroelectric power stations, Power stations in Israel, Power stations in Jordan

Island of Peace massacre

The Island of Peace massacre was a Mass murder attack that occurred at the Island of Peace site in Naharayim on March 13, 1997 in which a Jordanian soldier opened fire at a large group of Israeli schoolgirls from the AMIT Fuerst School in Beit Shemesh who were on a class field trip, killing seven of them and injuring six others.

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Located at 32.64 35.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Israel–Jordan border, Israel–Jordan relations, Mass murder in 1997, Massacres in Israel, Massacres in Israel during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Murder in Israel, Murdered Israeli children, School killings in Israel, Spree shootings in Israel, Terrorist incidents in 1997

Island of Peace

The Island of Peace is an Israeli-Jordanian park at the confluence of the Jordan River and Yarmouk River, on the border between Israel and Jordan. Pinhas Rutenberg's Naharayim hydroelectric power station can be seen from here.

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Located at 32.64 35.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Islands of Israel, Islands of Jordan, Israel–Jordan border, Parks in Israel, Peace parks, River islands of Asia, Tourism in Israel, Tourism in Jordan

Ashdot Ya'akov

Ashdot Ya'akov is a kibbutz in northern Israel. It was founded in 1924 by a kvutza of Hashomer members from Latvia on the land which is today Gesher. It was named after the rapids of the nearby Yarmouk River and James "Ya'akov" Armand de Rothschild. Between 1933 and 1935 the kibbutz moved north-east of its original location, onto land which had been bought by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association.

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Located at 32.66 35.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Emek HaYarden Regional Council, Former kibbutzim, Jewish villages in the Mandate for Palestine, Populated places established in 1924

Tall Zira'a

The Tall Zira'a is one of the most promising talls of Palestine. Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site’s great potential for excavations. Presumably, an almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods will demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan.

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Located at 32.62 35.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Jordan, Bronze Age sites, Canaanite cities, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Hebrew Bible places, Iron Age sites