Back المفرق (مدينة) Arabic المفرق ARZ Mafraq (kapital sa lalawigan sa Hordan) CEB Mafrak Czech Mafraq German Mafraq Spanish شهر المفرق FA Mafraq Finnish Mafraq French מפרק (עיר) HE
Mafraq
مدينة المَفْرَق | |
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City | |
 Mafraq city center | |
  Mafraq | |
| Coordinates: 32°20′24″N 36°12′19″E / 32.339939°N 36.205166°E | |
| Country |  Jordan |
| Province | Mafraq Governorate |
| Founded | 333 B.C. |
| Municipality established | 1945 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Abdullah arqan |
| Area | |
• City | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 128 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• City | 580,000 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Area code | +(962)2 |
| Website | www |
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Mafraq (Arabic: المفرق Al-Mafraq, local dialects: Mafrag or Mafra; lit. 'crossroads') is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north of the national capital, Amman. It is located at a crossroads, with a road north going to Syria and another road to the east going to Iraq. It had 56,340 inhabitants in 2004.
- ^ Official city website (in Arabic). Archived 2010-02-04 at the Wayback Machine