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3 unusual facts about Jerash


Energy in Jordan

Proposals for the 30-40 megawatt (MW) plant at Kamshah, near Jerash, have been delayed several times over the price of electricity tariffs quoted by the winning bidder.

Jerash

It is sometimes misleadingly referred to as the "Pompeii of the Middle East or Asia", referring to its size, extent of excavation and level of preservation (though Jerash was never buried by a volcano).

In AD 106, the Emperor Trajan constructed roads throughout the province, and more trade came to Jerash.


Al-Badawi al-Mulaththam

After graduating from high school, Al Oudat was appointed as a teacher in Amman, he taught Arabic literature and history, he then moved to teach in Jerash and Ramthawhere he continued teaching for six years.

Ayasrah

They lived in Jordan before about 400 years in a mountain town called Sakib located to the west of the city of Jerash.

They played amain political rule in the area specially when the name of Jerash was abandoning for Sakib.

History of Jordan

During the Greco-Roman period of influence, a number of semi-independent city-states also developed in Jordan, grouped as a Decapolis including: Gerasa (Jerash), Philadelphia (Amman), Raphana (Abila), Dion (Capitolias), Gadara (Umm Qays), and Pella (Irbid).

Jerash Local Government

Jerash Local Government It was one of seven local governments (Irbid, Ajloun, Salt, Jerash, Karak, Al Taibah, Deir Yousef) founded in the Transjordan after the fall of the Arab government in Damascus following the Battle of Maysaloun.

Jordanian Northern Command

The Northern Command commands regional units from Um Qais in Irbid to the Zarqa River south of Jerash, with a presence in Ar Ramtha.

Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad

Her father is Mahmoud Hassan Bani-Ahmad, who was born and raised in the town of Kufr Khall north of Jerash, and is now a businessman in Canada.


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