Mafraq
Mafraq
مدينة المَفْرَق | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 32°20′24″N 36°12′19″E / 32.339939°N 36.205166°E | |
Country | Jordan |
Province | Mafraq Governorate |
Founded | 333 B.C. |
Municipality established | 1945 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Abdullah arqan |
Area | |
• City | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
• Metro | 128 km2 (49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• City | 580,000 |
Time zone | GMT +2 |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code | +(962)2 |
Website | www |
Mafraq (
History
Mafraq was first settled in the 4th century BC. It is located about 17 km west of the historic Nabataean and Byzantine town of Umm el-Jimal, which was built in the 1st century.
The city was first named "Fudain",[when?] which comes from the word for fortress in Arabic.
In
Mafraq was the location of a British military base and airport during the British post-
In 1945, the Municipality of Mafraq was established, with Ali Abdeyyah as its first mayor.
As of 2016, 50% of the population of Mafraq were
Geography
The city of Mafraq is located in northern Jordan at the boundary between the Hauran plateau and the Syrian Desert, about 80 km north of Amman. It is the capital and largest city of Mafraq Governorate. The city is close to three major cities in the region, Amman to the south, Irbid to the west, and Damascus to the north.
Climate
Mafraq has a
Climate data for Mafraq | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
23.5 (74.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.7 (49.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41 (1.6) |
37 (1.5) |
31 (1.2) |
11 (0.4) |
3 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
7 (0.3) |
20 (0.8) |
34 (1.3) |
184 (7.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org,Climate data |
Transport
The international highway that connects Damascus to Riyadh passes through the city. Mafraq has a station on the 1,050 mm (3 ft 5+11⁄32 in) national railway system.
Education
Al al-Bayt University is the only university in the city. It was established in 1992 and is located on the south-eastern outskirts of Mafraq city.[4]
See also
- King Hussein Air Base (IATA: OMF, ICAO: OJMF)
- Railway stations in Jordan
References
- ^ Official city website (in Arabic). Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- OCLC 1106116517. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Increasingly, hungry refugees receive aid not as food, but as cash". The Economist. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Al al-Bayt University". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2010.