Mafraq
Mafraq (Arabic المفرق Al-Mafraq, local dialects Mafrag or Mafra' , "retail") is the caipital ceety o the Mafraq Govrenorate, Jordan, locatit 80 Km tae the north frae the Jordanian caipital Amman in crossroad tae Sirie tae the north an Iraq tae the east. It haes 58,954 inhabitants (2000). Mafraq wis an aa the location o a Transjordanian preesoner o war camp durin the Arab-Israeli War, uised tae hoose sodgers taken frae a Transjordanian victory at the Jewish quarter o East Jerusalem in 1948.
Mafraq مدينة المفرق | |
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Ceety | |
| Mafraq Ceety | |
  Mafraq | |
| Coordinates: 32°16′0″N 36°09′20″E / 32.26667°N 36.15556°E | |
| Kintra | Jordan |
| Govrenorate | Mafraq Govrenorate |
| Foondit | 333 B.C. |
| Municipality established | 1945 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Abdullah yarqan |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 128 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Ceety | 56,340 |
| • Metro | 122,000 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Area code(s) | +(962)2 |
| Website | http://www.mafraq.gov.jo |
Transport eedit
Mafraq is served bi a station on the 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 11⁄32 in) naitional railway seestem.
Education eedit
Al al-Bayt University is the ae university in the ceety. The university wis established in 1992 an is locatit in the eastren ootskirts o Mafraq Govrenorate, (sooth o Mafraq ceety).[2]
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References eedit
- ↑ "Official city website (Arabic)". Archived frae the original on 4 Februar 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ↑ "Al al-Bayt University". Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 29 Mey 2011.