Iraq Al-Amir

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Iraq Al-Amir

Coordinates31.92°, 35.75°

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

Overview

'Iraq al-Amir or Araq el-Amir is the name shared by a town and nearby caves, within the municipality of Amman in the Jordan Valley. Located about 15 km southwest of the town of Wadi as-Seer, it has a population of about 6000 people, mostly members of the Abbadi tribe. It is located on hills with high and medium altitude, in an area with many springs and famous for its olive trees and other forest trees.

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

Marouf al-Bakhit

Jordanian politician

Habis al-Abadi

Jordanian drag actor

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Muḥammạd ʿAdnān al- Baḫīt

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ʻĪsá Nārī

Jordanian translator

Yazan Al-Naimat

Jordanian footballer

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

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 Iraq Al-Amir

ʻIrāq al-Amīr, al-Baraddūn

1988

Democracy

Wilson, Mike · 2006

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

The Human Planet

2009

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