Ar Ramthā is a city in Jordan.
Population: 74,901
Latitude: 32° 33' 31.43" N
Longitude: 36° 00' 29.38" E
Bosra (Arabic: بصرى Buṣrā, also spelled Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra and officially known Busra al-Sham Arabic: بصرى الشام) is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate. According to the …
Daraa (Arabic: درعا, Levantine Arabic: [ˈdarʕa]), also Darʿā, Dara’a, Deraa, Dera, and Derʿā ("fortress", compare Dura-Europos), is a city in southwestern Syria, just north of the border with Jordan. It is the capital of Daraa Governorate, historic…
Irbid (Arabic: إربد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela, is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, with a population of around 1,088,100, and i…
Umm Qais (Arabic: أم قيس, meaning "Mother of Qais"), sometimes transliterated as Umm Qays, is a town in northern Jordan near the site of the ancient town of Gadara. It is situated in the extreme north-west of the country, where the borders of Jorda…
The Jordan University of Science and Technology (Arabic: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية), often abbreviated JUST, is a comprehensive, state-supported university located on the outskirts of Irbid, at Ar Ramtha in northern Jordan. Since its estab…
Pella (Ancient Greek: Πέλλα, also known in Arabic as Tabaqat Fahl, طبقة فحل) is a village and the site of ancient ruins in northwestern Jordan.
The Yarmuk River, sometimes also spelled "Yarmouk" (Arabic: نهر اليرموك, Nahr Al-Yarmuk, or شريعة المناذرة, Shariat el Menadhirah; Hebrew: נהר הירמוך, Nahar HaYarmukh; Ancient Greek: Ἱερομύκης, ; Latin: Hieromices) is the largest tributary of the …
Mafraq (Arabic: المفرق Al-Mafraq, local dialects: Mafrag or Mafra' , "crossroads") is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north from the capital Amman in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east. It ha…
Hamat Gader (Hebrew: חַמַּת גָּדֵר; Aramaic: חמתא דגדר, Hammata Degader; Ancient Greek: Ἑμμαθά, Emmatha or ῎Αμαθα, Amatha; Arabic: الحمة السورية El-Hamma El-Souriya, meaning "The Syrian Hamma") is a hot springs site in the Yarmouk River valley, us…
Irbid or Irbed (Arabic: إربد) is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located north of Amman, Jordan's capital. The capital of the governorate of Irbid is the city of Irbid.
Yarmouk University (Arabic: جامعة اليرموك, also abbreviated YU) is a public university in Irbid in northern Jordan.
Belvoir Fortress (Hebrew: כוכב הירדן, Kochav HaYarden "Star of the Jordan") is a Crusader fortress in northern Israel, on a hill 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the Sea of Galilee. Gilbert of Assailly, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, began …
The Jordan River Crossing (Arabic: معبر نهر الأردن, Hebrew: מסוף נהר ירדן) or Sheikh Hussein Bridge is an international border crossing between Irbid, Jordan and Beit She'an, Israel.
King Abdullah University Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى الملك المؤسس عبد الله الجامعي), often abbreviated KAUH, is a hospital near Ar Ramtha, Jordan. It is the largest medical structure in the north of the country, serving approximately one million inhab…
Ramoth-Gilead, (Hebrew: רָמֹת גִּלְעָד; Douay-Rheims: Ramoth Galaad; meaning "Heights of Gilead"), is a city of refuge east of the Jordan river; called "Ramoth in Gilead" (Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:38).
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.
In the campaign and Battle of Belvoir Castle (Kaukab al-Hawa), a Crusader force led by King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem sparred inconclusively with an Ayyubid army from Egypt commanded by Saladin.
Raphana, in present-day north of Jordan, was a city of the Decapolis.