Mafraq

Also known as Al Mafraq

Mafraq ( Al-Mafraq, local dialects: Mafrag or Mafra; ) is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north of the national capital, Amman. It is located at a crossroads, with a road north going to Syria and another road to the east going to Iraq. It had 56,340 inhabitants in 2004.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in JO, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 137 inbound references to Mafraq, and connects out to Arabic, Deutscher Wetterdienst and King Hussein Airport.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Mafraq Governorate.

Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.

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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)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Climate
Transport
Education
See also
References
External links

==History== Mafraq was first settled in the 4th century BC. It is located about 17 km west of the historic Nabataean and Byzantine town of Umm el-Jimal, which was built in the 1st century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mafraq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.