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Jerash

Western Asia

Jerash, also spelled Jarash, is a city in northern Jordan and the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, with a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It lies about 30 miles north of the capital, Amman.

Facts
Population
50,745 1
Area (sq km)
410 2
Founding Year
7500 BCE 1
Population Estimate Year
2015 2
Elevation (m)
600 2
Latitude
32.272281 degrees north 2
Longitude
35.891397 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. Jerash (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Founded ' = '7500-5500 BC' on 'Jerash'
  • Infobox: population_total
    city (50745), Municipality (237,000 est)
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2. Jerash (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 32.272281, longitude 35.891397
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 600 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 410.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population (2015)
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Jarash - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 248875
    32.28082 35.89929 P PPLA JO 22 27046 620 Asia/Amman
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 620 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 32.25, 35.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.25, 35.75
32.25 35.75 BSk
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Wikidata: Jerash
Wikidata Q31565, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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