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Al Baqurah Destination Guide

Touring Al Baqurah in Jordan

Al Baqurah in the region of Irbid is located in Jordan - some 52 mi or ( 83 km ) North-West of Amman , the country's capital city .

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Time in Al Baqurah is now 01:27 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Amman " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Nicosia, Aleppo, Fiq, Damascus, and Naharayim. Being here already, consider visiting Nicosia . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Al Baqurah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Hamat Gader - Hot Springs - Parrot Show - Aligator Park - Roman Antiquities

2:41 min by VillageIsrael
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One of the most beautiful and popular health retreats in the Roman Empire was in Hamat Gader on the southern ascent to the Golan Heights. Today you can see the remains of the incredible Roman Baths an ..

Israel: Baptism In The River Jordan

4:00 min by Subic100
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Baptism In the River Jordan ..


Degania Bet Tour

1:52 min by awkward33
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A quick bike tour of Degania Bet when visiting a camp friend of old. ..

Nazareth

1:32 min by missionIL
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ナザレ 受胎告知教会 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Ashdot Ya'akov

Ashdot Ya'akov is a kibbutz in northern Israel. It was founded in 1924 by a kvutza of Hashomer members from Latvia on the land which is today Gesher. It was named after the rapids of the nearby Yarmouk River and James "Ya'akov" Armand de Rothschild. Between 1933 and 1935 the kibbutz moved north-east of its original location, onto land which had been bought by the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association.

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Located at 32.66 35.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Emek HaYarden Regional Council, Former kibbutzim, Jewish villages in the Mandate for Palestine, Populated places established in 1924

Island of Peace

The Island of Peace is an Israeli-Jordanian park at the confluence of the Jordan River and Yarmouk River, on the border between Israel and Jordan. Pinhas Rutenberg's Naharayim hydroelectric power station can be seen from here.

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Located at 32.64 35.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Islands of Israel, Islands of Jordan, Israel–Jordan border, Parks in Israel, Peace parks, River islands of Asia, Tourism in Israel, Tourism in Jordan

Ubeidiya

Tel Ubeidiya (Tel-`Ubaydiyya; תל-עובידיה; تل العبيدية), some 3 km south of Lake Tiberias, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Israel, is an archaeological site of the Pleistocene, ca. 1.5 million years ago, preserving traces of the earliest migration of Homo erectus out of Africa. The site yielded hand axes of the Acheulean type. The site was discovered in 1959 and excavated between 1960 and 1974, mainly under by Ofer Bar-Yosef and Naama Goren-Inbar.

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Located at 32.69 35.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Israel, Paleolithic, Pleistocene, Prehistoric sites in Israel

Battles of the Kinarot Valley

The Battles of the Kinarot Valley, is a collective name for a series of military engagements between the Haganah and the Syrian army during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, fought between May 15–22, 1948 in the Kinarot Valley. It includes two main sites: the Battle of Degania–Tzemah, and battles near Masada – Sha'ar HaGolan. The engagements were part of the battles of the Jordan Valley, which also saw fighting against Transjordan in the area of Gesher.

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Located at 32.70 35.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Battles and operations of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Tall Zira'a

The Tall Zira'a is one of the most promising talls of Palestine. Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site’s great potential for excavations. Presumably, an almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods will demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan.

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Located at 32.62 35.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Jordan, Bronze Age sites, Canaanite cities, Former populated places in Southwest Asia, Hebrew Bible places, Iron Age sites