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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 .
Zarqa Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الزرقاء Muħāfazat az-Zarqāʔ, local dialects ez-Zergā or ez-Zer'a) is the third largest governorate in Jordan by population. The capital of Zarqa governorate is Zarqa City, which is the largest city in the governorate.
The Zarqa River (Arabic: نهر الزرقاء, Nahr az-Zarqāʾ, lit. "the River of the Blue [City]") is the second largest tributary of the lower Jordan River, after the Yarmouk River. It is the third largest river in the region by annual discharge and its watershed encompasses the most densely populated areas east of the Jordan River.
Zarqa Camp (Arabic: مخيم الزرقاء) is one of the 10 officially recognized UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan.It is located outside of Zarqa. [1]It was the first Palestine refugee camp to be established in Jordan, in 1949, and one of the four camps founded to accommodate the refugees of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. [1]
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Ain ez Zarqa (also spelled Ayn ez Zarqa or Ain-el-Zerqa) is a natural artesian karst spring located south of Hermel in the Beqaa Governorate, in central Lebanon. [1] Producing an average of 3,435 gallons per second, it is the main source of the Orontes River. [2] [3] Because of its heavy flow, it is characterized as a first-magnitude spring. [4]
Zarqa Suharwardy Taimuris a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, since March 2021. She is a consultant aesthetic cosmetologist by profession. [1] She joined PTI in 2010. She won a gold medal during her studies in Punjab University in 1989. [2] [3]