Ajloun
Sign in to saveAjloun (, ‘Ajlūn or Ajlōn), also spelled Ajlun, is the capital town of the Ajloun Governorate, a hilly town in the north of Jordan, located 76 kilometers (around 47 miles) north west of Amman. It is noted for its impressive ruins of the 12th-century Ajloun Castle.
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Place details
- Locality
- عجلون
- Region
- عجلون
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 125,557
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Ajloun
- Settlement.nickname
- Jordan Green
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ajlun from Ajlun Castle.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- City of Ajloun from Ajloun Castle
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jordan
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jordan
- Settlement.grid_name
- PAL
- Settlement.grid_position
- 221/193
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ajloun
- Settlement.established_title3
- Municipality established
- Settlement.established_date3
- 1920
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 4
- Settlement.area_metro_km2
- 30
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Ajloun Governorate
- Population
- 148870
- Area
- 4
- Elevation
- 719
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Ajloun Governorate
- Official website
- www.ajloun.gov.jo
- Image
- Ajlun from Ajlun Castle.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ajlun
- postal code
- 26810
- native label
- عجلون
- OpenStreetMap zoom level
- 14
- P12749
- Osdorf
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Districts of Metropolitan Ajloun
- History
- Demographics
- Historical sites
- Climate
- Topography
- Notable people
- Landmarks
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Ajloun (, ‘Ajlūn or Ajlōn), also spelled Ajlun, is the capital town of the Ajloun Governorate, a hilly town in the north of Jordan, located 76 kilometers (around 47 miles) north west of Amman. It is noted for its impressive ruins of the 12th-century Ajloun Castle.
==Districts of Metropolitan Ajloun== There are eight districts in the Greater Ajloun Municipality:
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ajloun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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