Zarqa is a city in northeast Jordan, about 25 miles (40 km) from Amman. It is the capital of the Zarqa Governorate. The city is an important industrial center in Jordan. The population of Zarqa is about 600,000.
Zarqa was founded in the late 1920s as a village for Palestinian refugees who had fled the violence associated with the creation of the State of Israel. The city's original name was Azraq, after the nearby Azraq oasis. The name was changed to Zarqa in the 1950s, in honor of Tawfiq Pasha, the Ottoman general who had captured the city from the rebels in 1916.
Zarqa is an important center for the production of textiles, pharmaceuticals, and food products. The city is also home to a number of factories that produce cement, glass, and aluminum.
Zarqa is a major transportation hub. The city is served by the Zar
![Wadi Musa, (Arabic: وادي موسى‎, literally ‘Valley of Moses’), is the name of a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan east of Petra at latitude 30.317N and longitude 35.483E.
It is the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra and hosts many hotels and restaurants for tourists visiting this place. Approximately 2 kilometers from the main town, there is an important Bedouin settlement [Wikipedia.org] | Wadi Musa in Jordan](https://humbo.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com/place-photo/5ff0ac868ff140caaa5cdc62/uAIa4bB1v8_thumb.jpeg)
