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Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah ( ar, الشونة الجنوبية, also Shoonah Janoobiyah, South Shuna or Southern Shouneh, etc.) is a populated place in
"From the Jordan Valley Lowlands to the Transjordanian Highlands: Preliminary Report of the Wadi Shuʿayb Archaeological Survey Project 2016"
in:
''Arabic Dictionary with Etymologies''
Accessed 5 September 2018. and '' al-janubiyah'' means "southern". Therefore, ''Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah'' is often rendered in English as "South Shuna",The North Shuna-South Shuna Road Project
Southern Shuna to Dead Sea Morning Ride
Jordan Tourism Board (JTB). Accessed 27 Jan 2022. with another Shunah town at the opposite, northern end of the Jordan Valley being known as
Balqa Governorate
Balqa' ( ar, البلقاء ''Al Balqā’'') is one of the governorates of Jordan. It is located northwest of Amman, Jordan's capital.
The governorate has the fourth largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan, and is ranked 10th by ar ...
, Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Ri ...
, in the eastern Jordan Valley
The Jordan Valley ( ar, غور الأردن, ''Ghor al-Urdun''; he, עֵמֶק הַיַרְדֵּן, ''Emek HaYarden'') forms part of the larger Jordan Rift Valley. Unlike most other river valleys, the term "Jordan Valley" often applies just to ...
, not far from the place where the Jordan
The Jordan River or River Jordan ( ar, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, ''Nahr al-ʾUrdunn'', he, נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, ''Nəhar hayYardēn''; syc, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ''Nahrāʾ Yurdnan''), also known as ''Nahr Al-Shariea ...
flows into the Dead Sea
The Dead Sea ( he, יַם הַמֶּלַח, ''Yam hamMelaḥ''; ar, اَلْبَحْرُ الْمَيْتُ, ''Āl-Baḥrū l-Maytū''), also known by other names, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank ...
. The town stretches along the Jordan Valley Highway (HW 65) north off the intersection with Route 437 (King Hussein Bridge
The Allenby Bridge (English name; he, גשר אלנבי ''Gesher Allenby''), known officially in Jordan as the King Hussein Bridge ( ar, جسر الملك حسين ''Jisr al-Malek Hussein''), and also called Al-Karameh Bridge by Palestinian Arab ...
Road), east of the Allenby (or King Hussein Bridge) and border crossing. It is the seat of the .
South Shuna is the location of the cultural heritage site known as Shunet Nimrin / Shunat Nimrin. The Tell Nimrin Beth-Nimrah or Beth-nimrah ( he, בית נמרה), also called Nimrin and Bethennabris, was an ancient city in Transjordan, which features prominently the history of ancient Israel and Judah. Tell Nimrin has been identified by Nelson Glueck as the ...
archaeological site is within South Shuna.Environmental and Social Considerations in Detailed Planning Survey. The North Shuna-South Shuna Road Project (NSSRP)"From the Jordan Valley Lowlands to the Transjordanian Highlands: Preliminary Report of the Wadi Shuʿayb Archaeological Survey Project 2016"
in:
Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan The Department of Antiquities is a government department in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with responsibility for archaeological research and cultural heritage management. It is part of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.
The department wa ...
59 (2018): 631-648. Via academia.edu, accessed 22 Jan 2022.
There is a to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Karameh
The Battle of Karameh ( ar, معركة الكرامة) was a 15-hour military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and combined forces of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) in the Jo ...
.
Etymology
''Shunah'' means "barn", ''janub'' is Arabic for "south",Rajki, András (2005)''Arabic Dictionary with Etymologies''
Accessed 5 September 2018. and '' al-janubiyah'' means "southern". Therefore, ''Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah'' is often rendered in English as "South Shuna",The North Shuna-South Shuna Road Project
Japan International Cooperation Agency
The is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries, and the promotion of international c ...
(JICA). Accessed 27 Jan 2022. or "Southern Shuna"Jordan Tourism Board (JTB). Accessed 27 Jan 2022.
North Shuna
Al-Shunah al-Shamalyah ( ar, الشونة الشمالية, also spelled Esh-Shuneh esh-Shamaliyeh), which translates to North Shuna, a name it is also known by, is a Jordanian town. It is located in Irbid Governorate, overlooking the Jordan Riv ...
.
Shunah is also spelled Shuneh and Shuna. The article ''al'' undergoes assimilation
Assimilation may refer to:
Culture
*Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adapts to the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture and customs
**Language shift, also known as language assimilation, the progre ...
to the following consonant in specific cases, when ''al'' is sounded ''ash'', also spelled ''esh'', (See Hart's Rules
''Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford''—today published under the short title ''New Hart's Rules''—is an authoritative reference book and style guide published in England by Oxford University Press (OU ...
). ''al-Shunah'' becoming ''ash-Shunah/esh-Shuneh''. For convenience, the definite article at the beginning of place-names may be dropped, yielding here simply ''Shunah al-Janubiyah''.
South Shuna is also historically known as Shunat Nimrin. Nimrin is the name of nearby Tell Nimrin Beth-Nimrah or Beth-nimrah ( he, בית נמרה), also called Nimrin and Bethennabris, was an ancient city in Transjordan, which features prominently the history of ancient Israel and Judah. Tell Nimrin has been identified by Nelson Glueck as the ...
and the lower section of a wadi called Wadi Nimrin downstream from Tell Nimrin and Wadi Shu'eib upstream from the tell.
See also
*Al-Shunah al-Shamalyah
Al-Shunah al-Shamalyah ( ar, الشونة الشمالية, also spelled Esh-Shuneh esh-Shamaliyeh), which translates to North Shuna, a name it is also known by, is a Jordanian town. It is located in Irbid Governorate, overlooking the Jordan Riv ...
(North Shuna), town at the northern end of Jordan's Jordan Valley
References
{{reflist Populated places in Balqa Governorate