Al-Muwaqqar
District in Amman Governorate, Jordan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Al-Muwaqqar (Arabic: الموقر) is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan.[1] The village contains the scant ruins of an Umayyad palace, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar, one of the desert castles. Little remains of the palace today except several acanthus leaf capitals and gauge of a water reservoir.[2]
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Al-Muwaqqar
الموقر | |
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Coordinates: 31°48′56″N 36°5′39″E | |
Country | Jordan |
Governorate | Amman Governorate |
Time zone | UTC + 2 |
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The district is the headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division and a police training center. Most of the families which are staying in the region are from Bani Sakhr, like Al-Khraisha, Al-Arabid, Al-Jbour, Al-Qudahh.