Rabba
Sign in to saveRabba () is a town in Jordan in the Karak Governorate. As ancient Areopolis, it is a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
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Place details
- Locality
- الربة
- Region
- الكرك
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 4,229
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Iron Age to Byzantine period
- Mamluk period
- Ottoman period
- Jordan
- Archaeological remains
- Population
- Economy
- Ecclesiastic history
- Ancient bishopric
- Titular see
- References
- Bibliography
- Sources and external links
Rabba () is a town in Jordan in the Karak Governorate. As ancient Areopolis, it is a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
Rabba lies about north of the city of Al-Karak. It had a population of about 7200 in 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rabba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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