Ma'an is a city in southern Jordan, 218 kilometers southwest of the capital Amman, and serves as the capital of the Ma'an Governorate. Its population was approximately 41,055 in 2015. The city sits just northwest of an ancient town of the same name dating to the Nabatean period, and is an important transport hub on both the ancient King's Highway and the modern Desert Highway.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude30.193333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ma'an (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 30,046 (2008)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 30.193333, longitude 35.733333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1108 m
P2046 (area)
area 7.52 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 30046 (2008)
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Ma'an - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 248382
30.19624 35.73405 P PPLA JO 19 50350 1111 Asia/Amman
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1111 m
View the Source 3. 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 30.25, 35.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.25, 35.75
30.25 35.75 BWk
Wikidata: Ma'an
Wikidata Q31616, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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