Mafraq

Mafraq
for the village in Saudi Arabia see Mafraq, Saudi Arabia
Mafraq City
مدينة المفرق
—  City  —
The Tank Circle in Mafraq

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Mafraq City is located in Jordan
Mafraq City
Coordinates: 32°16′0″N 36°09′20″E / 32.266667°N 36.15556°E / 32.266667; 36.15556
Country Jordan
Province Mafraq Governorate
Municipality established 1945
Government
 – Mayor Abdullah yarqan
Area
 – City 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi)
 – Metro 128 km2 (49.4 sq mi)
Elevation 700 m (2,297 ft)
Population (2004)[1]
 – City 56,340
 – Metro 122,000
Time zone GMT +2
 – Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)
Area code(s) +(962)2
Website http://www.mafraq.gov.jo

Mafraq (Arabic المفرق Al-Mafraq, local dialects Mafrag or Mafra' , "retail") is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, located 80 Km to the north from the Jordanian capital Amman in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east. It has 58,954 inhabitants (2000).[citation needed] Mafraq was also the location of a Transjordanian prisoner of war camp during the Arab-Israeli War, used to house soldiers taken from a Transjordanian victory at the Jewish quarter of East Jerusalem in 1948.

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Transport

Mafraq is served by a station on the 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 13 in) national railway system.

The train station in Mafraq

Education

Al al-Bayt University is the only university in the city. The university was established in 1992 and is located in the eastern outskirts of Mafraq Governorate, (south of Mafraq city).[2]

See also

  • Railway stations in Jordan

References

Coordinates: 32°21′N 36°12′E / 32.35°N 36.2°E / 32.35; 36.2



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