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Wadi Rum

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Wadi Rum is a valley cut into sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about 60 kilometers east of the port city of Aqaba, and is the largest wadi in the country. The valley has been inhabited since prehistoric times and carries petroglyphs, rock inscriptions and ruins left by successive cultures including the Nabataeans, alongside distinctive iron rich sandstone formations with sheer vertical mountains separated by wide alluvial valleys. UNESCO inscribed it as a mixed World Heritage Site in 2011 for this combination of cultural and geological significance, and the protected area today draws large numbers of visitors for hiking, rock climbing and camel trekking, and has also served as a filming location prized for its Mars like desert scenery.

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority 1
Sources
1. Wadi Rum (Wikipedia)
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    Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
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    Wadi Rum (Arabic: وادي رم Wādī Ramm, also Wādī al-Ramm, known also as the Valley of the Moon or Red mountains (Arabic: وادي القمر, romanized: Wādī al-Qamar), is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia and about 60 km (37 mi) to the east of the city of Aqaba.
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    UNESCO inscribed it as a mixed World Heritage Site in 2011 for this combination of cultural and geological significance, and the protected area today draws large numbers of visitors for hiking, rock climbing and camel trekking, and has also served as a filming location prized for its Mars like desert scenery.
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Wikidata: Wadi Rum
Wikidata Q40729, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Jordan
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for Jordan, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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