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Zarqa (Arabic: الزرقاء) is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. Its name means "the blue (city)". Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, [ 1 ] and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman .
The capital of Zarqa governorate is Zarqa City, which is the largest city in the governorate. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the Jordanian capital Amman. The second largest city in the governorate is Russeifa. Zarqa Governorate hosts the largest military and air bases of the Jordanian armed forces.
First Lieutenant Muwaffaq Salti. In 1918, during World War I, T. E. Lawrence (also known as Lawrence of Arabia) used the historic castle in Azraq and the plains at that site as a base for use as a landing ground for the aircraft which were supporting the column pushing north towards Syria.
Geographically, the governorates of Jordan are located in one of three regions (aqalim): the North Region, Central Region and the South Region. The three geographical regions are not distributed by area or populations, but rather by geographical connectivity and distance among the population centres.
Azraq (Arabic: الأزرق meaning "blue") is a small town in Zarqa Governorate in central-eastern Jordan, 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Amman. The population of Azraq was 9,021 in 2004. [1] The Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is located in Azraq.
Summit International Academy; King Abdullah school for excellence [P]; Adventist School; Al-Arabiya Model School; Al-Manara Schools [P]; Al-Nahda Private School [P]; Dar Al Uloum Schools [P]
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Jisr az-Zarqa (Arabic: جِسْر الزَّرْقَاء lit. The blue bridge , Hebrew : גִ'סְר א-זַּרְקָא ; often shortened as Jisr ) is an Israeli Arab town on Israel 's northern Mediterranean coastal plain .