Northern Jordan

E398986
geographic region

Northern Jordan is a geographic region of Jordan encompassing cities like Irbid and known for its relatively fertile highlands and proximity to the Syrian border.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Northern Jordan canonical 5
northern Jordan 3
Northern Region of Jordan 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
borders Syria ⓘ
climateZone Mediterranean (highlands) ⓘ
semi-arid (steppe) ⓘ
country Jordan ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Ajloun Castle ⓘ
Jerash ⓘ
surface form: Jerash archaeological site

Pella ⓘ
Umm Qais ⓘ
hasBorderCrossing Jaber–Nassib border crossing ⓘ
hasBorderType international border with Syria ⓘ
hasCity Ajloun Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Ajloun

Irbid ⓘ
Jerash ⓘ
Mafraq ⓘ
Ramtha ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ
services sector ⓘ
hasFeature Mediterranean climate in highlands ⓘ
fertile highlands ⓘ
semi-arid lowlands ⓘ
hasGovernorate Ajloun Governorate ⓘ
Irbid Governorate ⓘ
Jarash Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Jerash Governorate

Mafraq ⓘ
surface form: Mafraq Governorate
hasMajorCityRole Irbid as regional hub ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic relatively high population density ⓘ
significant youth population ⓘ
hasRefugeeCamp Za’atari refugee camp ⓘ
surface form: Zaatari refugee camp
hasRefugeePresence Syrian refugees ⓘ
hasRelief low-lying Jordan Valley areas ⓘ
mountainous terrain in highlands ⓘ
hasRiverValley Jordan Valley ⓘ
surface form: Jordan Valley (northern section)
hasTourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
eco-tourism in forests of Ajloun ⓘ
hasTransportAxis Amman–Irbid highway ⓘ
Damascus–Amman international road ⓘ
hasUniversity Jordan University of Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yarmouk University NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor agricultural production ⓘ
cereal farming ⓘ
fruit orchards ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
locatedIn Jordan ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Transjordanian highlands ⓘ
surface form: Northern Highlands of Jordan

Referenced by (11)

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

Irbid → locatedInRegion → Northern Jordan ⓘ
Zarqa → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Northern Jordan ⓘ
Ajloun Governorate → partOfRegion → Northern Jordan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Region of Jordan
Jarash Governorate → partOf → Northern Jordan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Region of Jordan
Al al-Bayt University → regionServed → Northern Jordan ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Jordan
Ammon → regionCorrespondsTo → Northern Jordan ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Jordan
Irbid Governorate → locatedIn → Northern Jordan ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Jordan
Ramtha → isInRegion → Northern Jordan ⓘ
Al-Arabi SC (Irbid) → geographicContext → Northern Jordan ⓘ
Zarqa Governorate → partOfRegion → Northern Jordan ⓘ
Wadi Jerash → locatedIn → Northern Jordan ⓘ
this entity surface form: northern Jordan