Zarqa Governorate
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Key facts
- Country
- Jordan
- Capital
- Zarqa
- Governor
- Mohammad Smairan
- Total
- 4,761 km (1,838 sq mi)
- Density
- 352.0/km (911.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- GMT +3
- Area code
- +(962)5
- Urban
- 94.5%
- Rural
- 5.5%
- Hdi 2021
- 0.706 , high · 9th of 12
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- governorate of Jordan
- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Jordan
- Capital
- Zarqa
- Area
- 4761.3
- Shares border with
- Balqa Governorate
- Image
- Houses in Amman, Jordan.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Zarqa Governorate
- Commons category
- Az Zarqa
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Zarqa Governorate
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Encyclopedic overview
Zarqa Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الزرقاء, romanized: Muħāfazat az-Zarqāʔ, local dialects ez-Zergā or ez-Zer'a) is the third largest governorate in Jordan by population. The capital of Zarqa governorate is Zarqa City, which is the largest city in the governorate. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the Jordanian capital Amman. The second largest city in the governorate is Russeifa.
Zarqa Governorate hosts the largest military and air bases of the Jordanian armed forces.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zarqa Governorate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.