Ma’an Governorate

E395809
Governorate of Jordan

Ma’an Governorate is an administrative region in southern Jordan best known for encompassing the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and major archaeological and tourist destination.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ma'an Governorate 16
Ma’an Governorate canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Governorate of Jordan ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Jordan ⓘ
borderWith Amman Governorate ⓘ
Aqaba Governorate ⓘ
Karak Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madaba Governorate ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Tafilah ⓘ
surface form: Tafilah Governorate
capital Ma’an ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
contains El Husseiniya ⓘ
surface form: Al-Husseiniya

Al-Jafr ⓘ
Al-Jafr Basin ⓘ
Al-Jayfar ⓘ
Al-Mudawwara ⓘ
Al-Quweira ⓘ
Aqaba Highway ⓘ
Dana Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Desert Highway section ⓘ
Petra ⓘ
surface form: Little Petra

Petra ⓘ
Shobak ⓘ
Shobak Castle ⓘ
Wadi Musa ⓘ
Wadi Rum ⓘ
surface form: Wadi Rum Protected Area

parts of the Hisma Desert ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bedouin communities ⓘ
surface form: Bedouin tribes

Jordanian Arabs ⓘ
governorateNumber 12 ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Edom ⓘ
surface form: Edomite territory (ancient)

Nabataean kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Nabataean Kingdom (ancient)
hasMunicipality Greater Ma’an Municipality ⓘ
Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority ⓘ
surface form: Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority area
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Petra ⓘ
knownFor Petra ⓘ
surface form: Petra archaeological site

archaeological heritage ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
largestCity Ma’an ⓘ
locatedIn southern Jordan ⓘ
partOf Jordan (country) ⓘ
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
religion Islam ⓘ
timeZone UTC+2 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+3 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Desert Highway ⓘ
Hejaz Railway ⓘ
surface form: Hejaz Railway (historic alignment)

Referenced by (17)

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

Nabataean city of Petra → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
Petra → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Karak Governorate → borders → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: Al-Khazneh
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Ad-Deir (The Monastery) → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: Ad-Deir
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Royal Tombs → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Great Temple → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Qasr al-Bint → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Colonnaded Street → locatedInRegion → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
High Place of Sacrifice → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Siq → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Wadi Musa → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
The Treasury → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
subject surface form: The Treasury (Petra)
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
The Monastery → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
The Siq → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Street of Facades → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate
Ad-Deir → locatedIn → Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ma'an Governorate