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Al-Qatraneh
Al-Qaṭrāneh () is one of the districts of Karak governorate, Jordan. See also *Qatraneh town *Qatrana Power Plant Al Qatrana power plant (Qatrana power plant) is a natural gas-fired power plant in Al Qatrana, south of Amman, Jordan. The generating capacity of the power plant is 373 MW. Natural gas to the plant is supplied through the Arab Gas Pipeline ... * Qasr al-Qatraneh, fortified khan (inn) along the hajj route References Districts of Jordan {{Jordan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatraneh
Al Qatraneh or Al Qatrana is a small town in Jordan.King Abdullah II of Jordan, ''Our Last Best Chance'', New York, New York: Viking Press, 2011, p. 56 It is located 90 miles south of Amman.Matthew Teller, ''Rough guide to Jordan'', London: Rough Guides, 2002, pp334335/ref> It belongs administratively to Karak Governorate. History The town is famous for its historic Qasr Al-Qatraneh, which was built in the Ottoman era as a waystation for pilgrims on their way to Hajj. Geography The town lies on the Highway 65 (Jordan), Desert Highway, in the desert plain east of the Mountains of Moab, on the borders between Karak Governorate, Karak and Amman Governorates. The town is located on one of the tributaries of the Arnon (western Jordan), Mujib River. Demographics In the census of 2004, the town had a population of 6,949. The male to female ratio was 51% to 49%. Jordanian citizens made up 95% of the population. The estimated population in 2010 is about 8,300. See also *Al-Qatraneh dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qatrana Power Plant
Al Qatrana power plant (Qatrana power plant) is a natural gas-fired power plant in Al Qatrana, south of Amman, Jordan. The generating capacity of the power plant is 373 MW. Natural gas to the plant is supplied through the Arab Gas Pipeline. . The construction started in May 2009 and the power plant was inaugurated on 27 February 2012. It cost about US$500 million. The power plant was constructed by Korea Electric Power Corporation, who received a right to operate the power plant until 2035. It owns 80% stake in the power station operator company— Qatrana Electric Power Company—while rest (20%) is owned by Xenel Industries. See also * Al-Qatraneh district *Qatraneh Al Qatraneh or Al Qatrana is a small town in Jordan.King Abdullah II of Jordan, ''Our Last Best Chance'', New York, New York: Viking Press, 2011, p. 56 It is located 90 miles south of Amman.Matthew Teller, ''Rough guide to Jordan'', London: Rough G ... town * Qasr al-Qatraneh, fortified khan (i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karak Governorate
Karak () is one of the governorates of Jordan, located south-west of Amman, Jordan's capital. Its capital is Al-Karak. It s bordered by Madaba Governorate, Madaba and the Amman Governorate, Capital governorates to the north, Ma'an Governorate to the east, Tafilah Governorate to the south, and the Dead Sea to the west. History Ancient history The land of Karak Governorate was the home of the Moab, Kingdom of Moab, during the first millennium BC. Their capital and stronghold is believed to be near the city of Al Karak, which was known as the Qir of Moab. For a brief period of time, the territory came under Persian rule, then the Nabateans took control of it, until the Ancient Rome, Romans invaded the Levant and occupied their capital, Petra. In the 4th century, a Roman legion, the Legio IV Martia, had a headquarter fortress at Betthorus (now el-Lejjun) in Karak. Around 530 the Byzantine Empire established a vassal state ruled by the Ghassanids. The city of Mu'tah was the site of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a particular time unless a context is given. The term "GMT" is also used as Western European Time, one of the names for the time zone UTC+00:00 and, in UK law, is the basis for civil time in the United Kingdom. Because of Earth's uneven angular velocity in its Elliptic orbit, elliptical orbit and its axial tilt, noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the Prime meridian (Greenwich), Greenwich Meridian and reaches its highest point in the sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT, a discrepancy described by the equation of time. Noon GMT is the annual average (the arithmetic mean) moment of this event, which accounts f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories to the west. The Jordan River, flowing into the Dead Sea, is located along the country's western border within the Jordan Rift Valley. Jordan has a small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is the country's capital and List of cities in Jordan, largest city, as well as the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, most populous city in the Levant. Inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period, three kingdoms developed in Transjordan (region), Transjordan during the Iron Age: Ammon, Moab and Edom. In the third century BC, the Arab Nabataeans established Nabataean Kingdom, their kingdom centered in Petra. The Greco-Roman world, Greco-Roman period saw the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
