Dana

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Dana

Coordinates30.68°, 35.61°

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

Overview

Dana is a village near the city of Tafilah, in the Feynan area in central-western Jordan. It is situated on the edge of Wadi Dana, a large natural canyon, and has views over Wadi Araba. It is host to Dana Biosphere Reserve, one of Jordan's premiere nature reserves with ecotourism facilities.

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

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

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• Minooshahr
  750.4 mi away

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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 Dana

A journal for Jordan

Dana Canedy · 2008

Lasting memories

Dana Jordan Alexander · 1996

A Journal for Jordan

Dana Canedy · 2008

Dana archaeological survey

1995

Dagboek voor Jordan

Dana Canedy · 2009

Summary of Dana Canedy's a Journal for Jordan

Irb Media · 2022

Clang Went the Cymbals

Dana Hall Jordan · 2008

Dana Nuture Reserve

M.I. Evans · 1994

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