Madaba

Jordan · Madaba Governorate

Madaba is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine- and Umayyad-period mosaics on Christian and Greco-Roman mythological subjects, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located on the Madaba Plateau, 30 kilometres south-west of the capital Amman.

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC+3 · 9 h ahead of Costa Rica

Region

Madaba Governorate

Main language

Arabic

On the map

31.72° N, 35.79° E

Near Madaba

• Sweimah · 19 km away
• Amman · 28 km away
• Jerusalem · 54 km away
• Bethlehem · 56 km away
• Hebron · 69 km away
• Herzliya · 102 km away

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