Karak

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Crusader castle castle city populated place

Karak is a historic Jordanian city best known for its imposing Crusader-era castle overlooking the surrounding highlands.

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Label	Occurrences
Karak canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Crusader castle ⓘ castle ⓘ city ⓘ populated place ⓘ
capitalOf	Karak Governorate ⓘ
country	Jordan ⓘ
countryCapital	Amman ⓘ
distanceToAmman	approximately 130 km south of Amman ⓘ
elevation	highland plateau ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Al-Karak ⓘ surface form: Al Karak Al-Karak ⓘ
hasEconomySector	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHeritage	Crusader history ⓘ Islamic history ⓘ
hasLandmark	Kerak Castle ⓘ surface form: Karak Castle
hasLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasStructure	city walls (historic) ⓘ
knownFor	Crusader-era castle ⓘ Crusader-era fortifications ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ medieval fortifications ⓘ strategic hilltop location ⓘ
locatedIn	Jordan (country) ⓘ surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Karak self-linksurface differs ⓘ Karak Governorate ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Jordan ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Transjordanian highlands ⓘ surface form: Jordanian highlands central Jordan ⓘ
locatedOn	King’s Highway ⓘ
near	Arabah Valley ⓘ surface form: Dead Sea region
overlooks	Karak self-linksurface differs ⓘ surrounding highlands ⓘ
partOf	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Middle East ⓘ
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+2 ⓘ
timeZoneDST	UTC+3 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moab Mountains → nearbyCity → Karak ⓘ

Ibn al-Quff → placeOfBirth → Karak ⓘ

Transjordanian highlands → containsCity → Karak ⓘ

Karak → locatedIn → Karak self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Karak Castle

Karak → overlooks → Karak self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Karak Castle