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Place in Amman Governorate, Jordan

# Umm al-Birak

Umm al-Birak is a town in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan.

The place

Umm al-Birak is a town in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_al-Birak), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## 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.

1. Al-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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Zaytoonah_University_of_Jordan)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## 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-Birak Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-umm-al-birak) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Umm+al-Birak)
- Tel Aviv → Umm al-Birak Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tel-aviv-to-umm-al-birak) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tel+Aviv&to=Umm+al-Birak)
- Damascus → Umm al-Birak Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/damascus-to-umm-al-birak) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Damascus&to=Umm+al-Birak)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Umm%20al-Birak)

Not yet researched

## 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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around

- Get in Also, 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 in You 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Madaba), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Petra and Wadi Musa](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/petra) JO 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 170 km
2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 253 km
3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 391 km
4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 753 km
5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,117 km

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Around it

## Next door to Umm al-Birak

Umm al-Birak is 17 km from [Amman](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/amman), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Al \`Al](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-al) human settlement in Jordan 3.1 km
- [Biddin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/biddin) human settlement in Jordan 3.7 km
- [Bayt Zir\`ah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bayt-zir-ah) human settlement 2.4 km
- [Al Hawwasiyah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-hawwasiyah) human settlement 1.6 km
- [Barazin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/barazin) human settlement 3.7 km
- [Umm al Qanafidh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/umm-al-qanafidh) human settlement 3.7 km

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