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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Balqa, Jordan · Asia
Yarqā sits on the route: 15 minutes from Māḩiş, 38km from Jerash.
Yarqā is a town located in Balqa, Jordan. With a population of 4,786, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Yarqā 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 Yarqā to your route.
The Prophet Shu'ayb Mosque is a mosque located in the city of As-Salt, the capital of the Balqa Governorate, Jordan. It contains a shrine that is believed to be the burial place of the Islamic prophet Shu'ayb, identified with the biblical patriarch Jethro. Situated near the Wadi Shueib river valley, the present dayRead more
mosque is a modern reconstruction initiated by King Abdullah II of Jordan.
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Yarqā is located in Balqa, Jordan, Asia. The coordinates are 31.9758 latitude, 35.6964 longitude.
Yarqā has a population of approximately 4,786 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
Christianity's holiest site, built on the traditional locations of Jesus's crucifixion and burial.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The holiest site where Jews can pray, a 2,000-year-old limestone remnant of the Second Temple retaining wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
The iconic gold-domed Islamic shrine on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, built in 691 CE over the sacred Foundation Stone.
49 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
A walled sacred city of one square kilometer containing holy sites for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam within four historic quarters.
50 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Israel's official memorial to the Holocaust, with deeply moving exhibits and a striking modernist museum built into a mountainside.
54 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
One of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world, built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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