ZARQA

Zarqa · JORDAN (JO) · 32.07°N / 36.09°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 250,090

Zarqa is a city in Jordan with a population of 792,665. It sits at 32.07/36.09, runs on Asia/Amman, is 6 km from Al Hāshimīyah.

Population 792,665

Place Type Regional Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Amman

All facts

fields

Country: Jordan
Subdivision: Zarqa
Coords: 32.07°N / 36.09°E
UTC offset: +3
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

NE Al Hāshimīyah Zarqa 0 7.0 km

SW Russeifa Zarqa 268,237 7.3 km

SW Ar Ruşayfah Zarqa 0 8.1 km

W Bīrayn Zarqa 0 12.6 km

N Bal‘amā Mafraq 0 18.2 km

SW Amman Amman 1,275,857 18.8 km

E Az̧ Z̧ulayl Zarqa 50,931 18.9 km

W Al Jubayhah Amman 46,834 19.2 km

SW Al ‘Abdallī Amman 0 20.8 km

SW Ḩayy al Quwaysimah Amman 32,396 22.2 km

Air access

nearby

ADJ

Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport

Large airport

14.4 km

OJKA

King Abdullah II Air Base

Heliport

14.9 km

OMF

King Hussein Air College

Small airport

35.4 km

AMM

Queen Alia International Airport

Large airport

39.8 km

Universities

linked

Zarka Private University

zpu.edu.jo

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Zarqa?: 792,665 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Zarqa in?: Asia/Amman.
Which country is Zarqa in?: Jordan (JO).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/250090

{
  "data": {
    "id": 250090,
    "name": "Zarqa",
    "ascii_name": "Zarqa",
    "country_code": "JO",
    "population": 792665,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Amman",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA",
    "latitude": 32.07275,
    "longitude": 36.08796
  }
}