Al Muwaqqar
Al-Muwaqqar () is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. The village contains the scant ruins of an Umayyad palace, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar, one of the desert castles. Little remains of the palace today except several acanthus leaf capitals and gauge of a water reservoir.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Al-Muwaqqar
- Settlement.native_name
- الموقر
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Amman district 24.png
- Settlement.imagesize
- 200px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Location of district in Amman
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Jordan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Amman Governorate
- Settlement.timezone
- UTC + 2
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Article
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- {{anchor|Archaeology: Qasr al-Muwaqqar}}Archaeology: Qasr al-Muwaqqar
- Two distinct ''qusur'', Muwaqqar and Mushash
- See also
- References
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Al-Muwaqqar () is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. The village contains the scant ruins of an Umayyad palace, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar, one of the desert castles. Little remains of the palace today except several acanthus leaf capitals and gauge of a water reservoir.
The district is the headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division and a police training center. Most of the families which are staying in the region are from Bani Sakhr, like Al-Khraisha, Al-Arabid, Al-Jbour, Al-Qudahh.
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