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Zarqa is a city in Jordan, situated within the Zarqa Governorate, of which it serves as the capital. The municipality covers an area of 60 square kilometers and has a population of 481,300. Established in 1902, the city is located at an elevation of 619 meters above sea level. It operates in the UTC+02:00 time zone and is twinned with the cities of Oran and Sfax.
The official name of the city is الزرقاء. While historical records note its association with the Emirate of Transjordan, it is currently part of Jordan. The city’s administrative structure includes the Zarqa Governorate, and it is categorized under the main topic of Zarqa.
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Place details
- Locality
- الزرقاء
- Region
- الزرقاء
- Country
- الأردن
- Population
- 792,665
- Timezone
- Asia/Amman
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zarqa
- Settlement.native_name
- الزرقاءAz-zarqā
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Counter-clockwise from top: View of Zarqa, Jabal Tariq quarter, The Zarqa Chamber of Commerce
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag Of Zarqa Municipality.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Jordan
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Zarqa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zarqa Governorate
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- 1902
- Settlement.established_title2
- Municipality
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1929
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hijazi Assaf
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 60
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- الزرقاء
- Country
- Jordan
- Located in
- Zarqa Governorate
- Population
- 481300
- Area
- 60
- Elevation
- 619
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Zarqa Governorate
- Official website
- www.zm.gov.jo/ar
- Image
- Zarqa14.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zarqa, Jordan
- twinned administrative body
- Sfax
- topic's main category
- Category:Zarqa
- category for people born here
- Q29050669
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Zarqa
- inception
- 1902-00-00
- native label
- الزرقاء الاسرائيلية
- P12749
- Czech Silesia
via Wikidata · CC0
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)
Article · 日本語
ザルカ（ザルカー、アッ＝ザルカー、アラビア語: الزرقاء, Az Zarqāʼ, Zarqa）はヨルダン西部の都市でザルカ県の県都。首都アンマンの北東25kmに位置する。人口は約792,665人（2000年）でヨルダン第2位の大都市であり、ヨルダンの人口の15.5%を占める。ザルカは「青色」を意味する。ザルカの気候は乾燥地域に典型的なもので、昼と夜の気温差が大きく、その寒暖差はアンマンより激しい。 ロシア帝国からオスマン帝国に逃れてきたムスリムのチェチェン人が1902年にこの地に入植し、町となった。当時ヒジャーズ鉄道が開通し、ザルカに駅を置いたため、周囲の物資集散地として栄え始めた。1940年代以降ザルカにはパレスチナ人難民など人口が流入し市街地は拡大を続けている。特に、第三次中東戦争（六日間戦争）によりヨルダン川西岸地区から逃げてきた人々が人口の5割以上を占める。 ヨルダン政府は37万人が住める新市街建設を承認しており、サウジアラビア企業の出資で建設が進められる。また新しいオフィスビルやアンマンとの間を連絡する鉄道も建設される予定である。
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