Zarqa
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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
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- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Districts of Greater Zarqa Municipality
- Economy and infrastructure
- Transportation
- Industry
- Education
- Twin towns
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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.