Jarash , also Jerash ( Arabic: مدينة جرش ) is a city in northern Jordan . Located about 48 km north of Amman , at an altitude of 527 m above sea level [2] . According to the 2004 census, the population is 31,650.
| City | |
| Jarash | |
|---|---|
| Arab. جرش | |
| A country |  Jordan |
| Governorate | Jarash |
| History and Geography | |
| First mention | 2000 BC |
| Former names | Gerasa |
| Square | |
| Center height | 527 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 50 745 [1] people |
| jerash.gov.jo (ar.) | |
Jarash
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History
In antiquity, Gerasa was a developed and vibrant trading city, part of the so-called Decapolis . The famous philosopher Nikomakh Gerassky was born here. Strong earthquake in 749 AD e. destroyed most of Jerash. The ruins of Jerash remained covered with a layer of soil for hundreds of years until they were discovered by the German orientalist Ulrich Zetzen in 1806 [3] .
Famous residents
Jordan's Prime Minister Mudar Badran was born.
Notes
- ↑ The General Census of Population and Housing result 2015 (Link not available) . Department of Population Statistics. Date of treatment May 10, 2017. Archived January 22, 2017.
- ↑ Jarash, Jordan Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment January 15, 2014.
- ↑ Seetzen, Ulrich Jasper (1859). Ulrich Jasper Seetzen's Reisen durch Syrien, Palästina, Phönicien, die Transjordan-länder, Arabia Petraea und Unter-Aegypten (German). 4. Berlin: G. Reimer.
Literature
- Gusterin P. Jerash - Pompeii of the East // Asia and Africa today. - 2006. - No. 10.
Links
- Gusterin P. Pompeii of the East .