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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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- 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 · Français
Mafraq (arabe:المفرق) est une ville de Jordanie d'environ 56 340 habitants (en 2004) située dans le nord du pays près de la frontière de la Syrie et de l’Irak
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