Al Karak

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Al Karak

Total population

23,000

Coordinates31.18°, 35.70°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics (Jordan). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Al-Karak, in English sources often simply Karak, is a city in Jordan known for its medieval Kerak Castle, which is one of the three largest in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Abdelsalam al-Majali

Jordanian physician and politician (1925–2023)

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Ibn al-Quff

author of the earliest medieval Arabic treatise intended solely for surgeons.

Kamel Mahadin

Jordanian architect

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Al-Badawi al-Mulaththam

writer (1909–1971)

Amjad Adaileh

politician

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Hussein Al-Majali

Jordanian General

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Muzaffer Esat Güçhan

Turkish physician (1902–1963)

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Abdul Hadi Majali

Jordanian politician (1934-2021)

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Samih al-Maaytah

Jordanian politician

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Khaled Al-Sarayra

Member of the Jordanian Senate

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Tareq Suheimat

Lieutenant General and politician (1936-2014)

Ali Suheimat

politician

Fayez Al-Siyagh

Jordanian translator

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Khaled Akasheh

Jordanian theologian

Atif al-Farrayah

Jordanian poet and playwright

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Muath Al-Kasasbeh

Jordanian pilot was executed by IS

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Jordan

• Arkvaz
  653.8 mi away · pop. 11,977
• Eslamabad-e Gharb
  660.8 mi away · pop. 97,000
• Shinabad
  661.5 mi away
• Vara
  670.5 mi away
• Saqqez
  700 mi away · pop. 140,000
• Tazeh Shahr
  702.2 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Kuhdasht
  713 mi away · pop. 89,091
• Pol Dokhtar
  714.9 mi away · pop. 26,352
• Bisotun
  716.6 mi away · pop. 4,942
• Bostan
  724.5 mi away · pop. 8,476
• Hoveyzeh
  730 mi away · pop. 19,481
• Shush
  740.4 mi away · pop. 77,148

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Al Karak

Politics and change in Al-Karak, Jordan

Peter Gubser · 1973

السياسة والتغير في الكرك، الاردن

Peter Gubser · 2002

Imārat al-Karak al-Ayyūbīyah

Yūsuf Darwīsh Ghawānimah · 1982

Water resources planning and development for the Saal Al-Karak region in Jordan

Sulieman Dawoud Tarawneh · 1986

Asmāʾ al-mawāqiʻ al-jughrāfīyah fī Muḥāfaẓat al-Karak

Sultan Maʻani · 1994

al-Karak

Yūsuf Ḥabāshinah · 2008

Mamlakat al-Karak fī al-ʻahd al-Mamlūkī

Muḥammad ʻAdnān Bakhīt · 1976

Anṭūlūjiyā madīnat al-Karak

Sihām Malkāwī · 2011

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Indian Milkweed Bug

Spilostethus pandurus

Seen 2025-12-15

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Seen 2025-02-22

Levantine Freshwater Crab

Potamon potamios

Seen 2024-07-09

Domestic Dog

Canis familiaris

Seen 2024-07-09

Egyptian Rock Agama

Laudakia vulgaris

Seen 2024-06-01

Mediterranean red bug

Scantius aegyptius

Seen 2024-05-20

Barbary-nut

Moraea sisyrinchium

Seen 2024-04-04

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2024-04-01

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2024-03-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).