Umm al-Birak
Umm al-Birak is a town in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan.
Umm al-Birak is a town in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan.
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Worth seeing in and around Umm al-Birak
One place 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.
- 01Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, founded in 1993, is a private university located in Amman, Jordan. It is accredited by the Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research.
3 km · university in Amman, Jordan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Umm al-Birak
- Airports
- Queen Alia (AMM), 16 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 21 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 95 km
- Aqaba → Umm al-BirakTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Tel Aviv → Umm al-BirakTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Damascus → Umm al-BirakTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Umm al-Birak
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 Umm al-Birak. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAlso, there are frequent minibuses from the 7th circle in Amman (1 JD)—they come from the center direction and take a turn south onto the airport road, directly after which you will find the bus stop.
- Get inYou can also get buses from the Mahatta bus station, and minibuses from the Muhajireen bus station near the Jordan Museum (0.65 JD) which enter Madaba from the west rather than from Airport Rd.
From Wikivoyage: Madaba, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Umm al-Birak
Umm al-Birak is 17 km from Amman, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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