ancient ruins
Jerash
One of the best-preserved and most complete Roman provincial cities in the world, featuring colonnaded streets, temples, theaters, and an unusual oval plaza.
22 km · about 25 min drive
Balqa, Jordan · Asia
‘Allān is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Aş Şubayḩī, 22km from Jerash.
‘Allān is a town located in Balqa, Jordan. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, ‘Allān sits in Jordan. It's in the Asia/Amman time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add ‘Allān to your route.
The Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) is an independent laboratory located in Allan in the Balqa governorate of Jordan, created under the auspices of UNESCO on 30 May 2002.
Aimed at promoting peace between Middle Eastern countries, Jordan was chosen as the locationRead more
for the laboratory, as it was then the only country that maintained diplomatic relations with all the other founding members; Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey. The idea, to create a joint Arab-Israeli scientific collaboration, goes back to the 1980s and took a more concrete form in discussions at CERN in 1993. The project was launched in 1999 and the ground breaking ceremony was held on 6 January 2003. Construction work began the following July, and the facility was finally inaugurated on 16 May 2017 under the patronage and presence of King Abdullah II.
The construction of the project cost around $98 million, with $5 million donated each by Jordan, Israel, Turkey, Iran, and the European Union. The rest was donated by CERN from existing equipment. Jordan became the greatest contributor to the project by donating land and building construction costs, and by pledging to build a $7 million solar power plant, which will make SESAME the first accelerator in the world to be powered by renewable energy. The annual operational cost of $6 million are pledged by the members according to the size of their economies.
The facility is the only synchrotron radiation facility in the Middle East and is one of around 60 in the world. As of May 2017, the president of the SESAME Council is Rolf Heuer. He was preceded by Christopher Llewellyn Smith (2008-2017) and Herwig Schopper (2004-2008). All three were previously directors-general of CERN. Khaled Toukan, the chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, is the current director and former vice-president of SESAME.
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‘Allān is located in Balqa, Jordan, Asia. The coordinates are 32.1181 latitude, 35.7435 longitude.
‘Allān has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Jordan.
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ancient ruins
One of the best-preserved and most complete Roman provincial cities in the world, featuring colonnaded streets, temples, theaters, and an unusual oval plaza.
22 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A 12th-century Ayyubid castle built by Saladin's general on a hilltop to control the Jordan Valley iron mines and counter Crusader expansion.
31 km · about 35 min drive
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