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Aydoun

Aydoun is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan.

The place

Aydoun is the name of a city in Irbid Governorate in Jordan. Some writers associate the town with the ancient city of Dium, one of the cities of the Decapolis, but this is disputed. It had a population of 63,244 as of 2018.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Aydoun

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Capitolias

    Capitolias was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan. Anciently it was a town of Coele-Syria.

    9.8 km · archaeological site in Jordan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Al-Hassan Stadium

    Al-Hassan Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Irbid, Jordan, located near Yarmouk University. It is currently used mostly for football matches.

    3.1 km · football stadium in Irbid, Jordan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Yarmouk University

    Yarmouk University, also abbreviated YU, is a comprehensive public and state-supported university located near the city centre of Irbid in northern Jordan. Since its establishment in 1976, it has been at the forefront of Jordanian and Middle Eastern universities.

    3 km · public university in Irbid, Jordan · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Museum of Jordanian Heritage

    The Museum of Jordanian Heritage is part of the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University. The museum also shows the stages of civilization development that Jordan witnessed during successive periods of time, focusing on cultural relations, contacts, population distribution, economic life, and various aspects of civilization.

    2.8 km · Museum at Yarmouk University, Jordan · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Al-Hassan Hall

    Al-Hassan Hall is an indoor arena located in Al-Hasan Sport City, Irbid, Jordan. The arena has a capacity of 2,000.

    3 km · indoor arena in Irbid, Jordan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Aydoun

Airports
Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 61 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 89 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 107 km
  • Amman → Aydoun
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · JD3–4
  • Aqaba → Aydoun
    342 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · JD16–21
  • Tel Aviv → Aydoun
    112 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · ₪55–75
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Aydoun

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aydoun. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    246 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    329 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    464 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    703 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,074 km

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Around it

Next door to Aydoun

Aydoun is 5 km from Irbid, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.