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About
About Madaba
Madaba (Arabic: مادبا, romanized: Mādaba or Arabic: مأدبا, romanized: Maʾdaba) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine- and Umayyad-period mosaics on Christian and Greco-Roman mythological subjects, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located on the Madaba Plateau, 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-west of the capital Amman.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 1921
- Excavation
- Not applicable
On the ground
Structures & features
31.7167° N · 35.8000° E · 7 mapped features
- Buildings in Madabastructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
- Economy of Madabastructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
- History of Madabastructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
- Madaba Museumstructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
- Nature of Madabastructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
- Transport in Madabastructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
- Madaba Visitors Centerstructure31.7167° N · 35.8000° E
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