Place:Kerak, Jordan

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NameKerak
Alt namesAl Karaksource: CIA, World Fact Book (2000-2003) Accessed 07/08/2002.; Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 311
Al-Karaksource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
District of Karaksource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Karaksource: Wikipedia
Karak governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Keraksource: Wikipedia
Liwā' al Karaksource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Muāfaat al Karaksource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates31.167°N 35.083°E
Located inJordan
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Eṣ-Ṣafi
Inhabited place
Al-Husaynīyah
Al-Ifranj
Al-Judayyidah
Al-Mazraʿah
Al-Mazār
Al-Qaṣr
Al-Qaṭrānah
Al-ʿIrāq
Ar-Rabbah
Arīḥā
As-Simākīyah
Ath-Thanīyah
Aṣ-Ṣāfī
Batīr
Kathrabbā
Kerak
Maḥaṭṭat al-Furayfirah
Maḥaṭṭat al-Manzil
Maḥaṭṭat al-Ḥasā
Mu'tah
Rujm aṣ-Ṣakhrī
Rākīn
Umm Ḥamāṭ
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Karak is one of the governorates of Jordan, located south-west of Amman, Jordan's capital. Its capital is Al Karak. It s bordered by Madaba and the Capital governorates to the north, Ma'an Governorate to the east, Tafilah Governorate to the south, and the Dead Sea to the west.

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