Jerash
Sign in to saveJerash or Jarash (, ; , , ) is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 30.0 miles (48.3 kms) north of the capital city Amman.
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Place details
- Locality
- جرش
- Region
- جرش
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 27,046
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jerash
- Settlement.other_name
- Gerasa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Oval Plaza (Forum Romanum, Gerasa - Jerash, Jordan) - ساحة الندوة, جرش.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Greco-Roman city of Gerasa and the modern Jerash in the background.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jordan
- Settlement.grid_position
- 234/187
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jerash Governorate
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Jerash Governorate
- Population
- +50745
- Area
- +410
- Elevation
- +600
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Jerash Governorate
- Official website
- www.jerash.gov.jo
- Image
- Jerash City.jpg
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- History
- Neolithic age
- Bronze Age
- Hellenistic period
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Umayyad period
- Crusader period
- Mid to Late Muslim period
- Climate
- Archaeology
- Greco-Roman period
- Late Roman and Early Byzantine period
- Archaeological museums
- Modern Jerash
- Demographics
- Culture and entertainment
- Education
- Tourism
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Jerash or Jarash (, ; , , ) is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 30.0 miles (48.3 kms) north of the capital city Amman.
The earliest evidence of settlement in Jerash is in a Neolithic site known as Tal Abu Sowan, where rare human remains dating to around 7500 BC were uncovered. Jerash flourished during the Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods, when it was known as Gerasa. It was one of the cities of the Hellenistic cities of the Decapolis. It was an important city in early Christian times and its early churches, some of which were formerly temples, include notable examples of the evolution of church architecture. In the mid-eighth century the 749 Galilee earthquake destroyed large parts of it, and subsequent earthquakes contributed to additional destruction.