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Zarqa
Zarqa () is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
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Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan and the country's second-largest city, with a population of over 635,000 as of 2015. The name "Zarqa" means "the blue city," reflecting the city's historical or geographical characteristics.
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Place details
- Locality
- الزرقاء
- Region
- الزرقاء
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 792,665
- Timezone
Travel guide
Understand
Zarqa is regarded as Jordan's third largest urban settlement but now part of the ever-growing urban sprawl of Amman.
Zarqa is Jordan's industrial centre. It is home to over 50% of Jordanian factories. The growth of industry in the city is the result of low real estate costs and proximity to the capital Amman.
There are three universities in Zarqa, the largest of which is Hashemite University. The other two are Al-Balqa` Applied University and Zarqa University. Other community colleges and research centres are based in Zarqa such as the Al-Zarqa Educational & Investment Centre.
In September 2020, massive explosions occurred at an army munitions depot for mortars near Zarqa, caused by an electric short circuit.
Get in
Bus rapid transit is the most convenient and cheapest way to reach Zarqa from Amman.
Zarqa is connected by the Hejaz Railway to Amman to the south and to Syria to the north. A new railway is under construction to connect Amman with Zarqa.
Zarqa lies on the international highway that connects Saudi Arabia with Syria and on the international Amman-Baghdad highway.
See
thumb|right|The Faculty of Engineering in the Zarqa University
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Districts of Greater Zarqa Municipality
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transportation
- Industry
- Education
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Zarqa () is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.
==History== thumb|left|The Zarqa train station of the Ottoman-built Hejaz railway. Although the area has been inhabited since the 1st century, the city was only established in 1902. Chechen immigrants founded Zarqa because they had been displaced by the wars between the Ottoman and Russian Empires and the simultaneous Circassian genocide. They settled along the river. At that time, a station on the Hejaz railway was built in the new settlement. The railway station turned Zarqa into an important hub. On 10 April 1905, the Ottoman governor issued a decree authorizing Chechen immigrants to own the land on which they had settled. The population then grew rapidly. On 18 November 1928, the new Jordanian government issued a decree to establish the first municipal council for Zarqa.
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