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Gadara

Western Asia

Gadara, also rendered Gedaris in some texts, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan. It was long a member of the Decapolis city league, and later served as a bishopric and is today a Latin Catholic titular see.

Facts
Founding Year
3rd century BCE 1
Latitude
32.655548 degrees north 2
Longitude
35.677841 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. Wikidata: Gadara
  • Wikidata Q56322109, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q56322109 P571
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2. Gadara (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 32.655548, longitude 35.677841
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Umm Qays - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 246202
    32.65348 35.68457 P PPL JO 18 4294 348 Asia/Amman
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 348 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 35.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 35.75
32.75 35.75 Csa
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