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Place details
- Locality
- المفرق
- Region
- المفرق
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 57,118
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
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Key facts
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.official_name
- Mafraq
- Settlement.native_name
- مدينة المَفْرَق
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Al-Mafraq, Jordan - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mafraq city center
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Greater Mafraq Municipality.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jordan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- Mafraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Mafraq Governorate
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 333 B.C.
- Settlement.established_title1
- Municipality established
- Settlement.established_date1
- 1945
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Abdullah arqan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- المفرق
- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Mafraq Governorate
- Population
- 580.000
- Area
- 14
- Elevation
- 700
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Mafraq Governorate
- Official website
- www.mafraq.gov.jo
- Image
- Mafraq Tank Circle.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mafraq
- native label
- المفرق
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Travel guide
Understand
Mafraq was originally settled in the 4th century BC. After being called Fudian from the Arabic word for fortress for a while, it was renamed Mafraq meaning crossroads by the Turks after the Hejaz Railway connecting Istanbul to Medina passed through. It also served as a military base for Allied forces during World War II and Arab Legion forces during the Arab-Israel War. In 2012, the Zaatari refugee camp opened up for Syrian refugees just east of Mafraq. By 2018, there was an estimate by World Bank of a whopping 593,900 people living in that camp.
Get in
Mafraq is just 70 km from Amman on a good 4-lane highway. The Hejaz Railway became defunct by the time of the Six-Day War in 1967, and while there is a train station in town, there is no service.
See
thumb|Ruins of a house in Umm el-Jimal
Do
There's a chance you may be able to volunteer at the Zaatari Refugee Camp through an NGO. Might have to be prearranged though.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Article · Español
Al Mafraq (en árabe: مدينة المفرق) es una ciudad de Jordania, capital de la gobernación homónima y principal localidad al norte del país. Se encuentra a ochenta kilómetros al norte de Amán, capital del país, en medio del amplio desierto sirio. La única forma de llegar a la localidad es por carretera, siendo atravesada por la autopista que conecta Riad con la costa mediterránea. También posee una estación de ferrocarril, establecida por los aliados en la ciudad durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
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