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Discover Ash Shawbak in Jordan

Ash Shawbak in the region of Ma’an is a town located in Jordan - some 101 mi or ( 162 km ) South of Amman , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Ash Shawbak

Local time in Ash Shawbak is now 08:04 AM (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: Damascus, Madaba, Dana, At Tafilah, and Amman. When in this area, you might want to check out Damascus . 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 Ash Shawbak ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

-HD-薔薇色の古代都市ペトラ(ヨルダン)-The Ancient City of Petra,Jordan-

10:38 min by eurasiatravel
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今から2000年以上も前にこの地に定住したナバテア人は、切り立つ岸壁を削り類稀なる大都市を建設しました。高さ80mの絶壁が聳えるシークを通り抜けると目の前に現れるのはエル・カズネ。エル・カズネは太陽の光線加減によって微妙にピンクやオレンジに色を変化させ、薔薇色に輝くのです。ペトラ遺跡はこの奥が本番といってもいいでしょう。ナバテア人独特の階段模様をもつ墳墓群や犠牲祭壇、そしてローマ時代に造られた劇場 ..

Driving in Jordan

0:29 min by ryanm527
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Driving from the Amman airport to Wadi Mussa in Jordan. ..


Ruins of Ancient Petra, The Nabatean Kingdom

14:52 min by QatarYankee
Views: 803 Rating: 5.00

A video stroll through one of the most spectacular archeological sites in the world. Extremely well-preserved structures carved into rock stretching back to over two thousand years ago. Petra was the ..

Jordan Heavy Ride 20-23 Sep 2012.mp4

5:43 min by Tarek Albukhari
Views: 86 Rating: 5.00

Jeddah HOG heavy ride in Jordan Sep 2012 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Punon

Punon is an ancient city in the Arava, Jordan. It was a center of Copper and Iron mines in biblical times. Today it is called Feinan or Faynan. Punon was one of the places (or "stations") visited by the Israelites during the Exodus. "They traveled from Tzalmonah, and encamped in Punon."

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Located at 30.63 35.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Jordan, Former populated places in Jordan, Hebrew Bible places, Torah places

Dana, Jordan

Dana (ضانا) is a small village near the city of Tafilah, in central-western Jordan. It is situated on the edge of a large natural gorge, Wadi Dana and enjoys spectacular view over Wadi Araba. Dana is about 500 years old, and preserves many aspects of Jordanian villages of the 19th century villages of Jordan. It hosts Dana nature reserve, one of Jordan's premier nature reserves with eco-tourism facilities.

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Located at 30.65 35.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Tafilah Governorate

Dana Biosphere Reserve

Dana Biosphere Reserve is Jordan's largest nature reserve, located in south-central Jordan. Dana Biosphere Reserve was founded in 1989 in the area in and around the Dana village and Wadi Dana comprising 308 square kilometres .

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Located at 30.68 35.62 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Biosphere reserves of Jordan, Geography of Jordan, Nature reserves in Jordan

Khirbat en-Nahas

Built around 3,000 years ago, Khirbat en-Nahas — or Khirbet en Nahas — is one of the largest copper mining and smelting sites of the ancient world. It lies in a desert valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, now in Jordan. There is evidence for sophisticated economic and political activity in the valley about 3,000 years ago and archaeologists think it may be the site of an early organized state.

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Located at 30.68 35.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Jordan, Prehistoric mines

Vaux Moise

Vaux Moise, also Li Vaux Moise (The Valley of Moses) is a small crusader castle close to Wadi Musa in Jordan). It was founded by Baldwin I of Jerusalem as an outpost of the larger crusader castle at Montreal.

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Located at 30.33 35.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Castles in Jordan, Crusader castles

Historical Weather

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