--- title: "Umm Al Kundum – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Umm Al Kundum, Jordan: Umm al Kundum, officially known as Um El Kundum, is a southwest locality in the Amman Governorate of Jordan. Nearby: University of…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/umm-al-kundum" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/umm-al-kundum.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/St_Charbel_Maronite_Church_in_Al_Arz%2C_Amman.jpg" --- Locality in Amman Governorate, Jordan # Umm Al Kundum Umm al Kundum, officially known as Um El Kundum, is a southwest locality in the Amman Governorate of Jordan. ![Umm Al Kundum](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/St_Charbel_Maronite_Church_in_Al_Arz%2C_Amman.jpg) Umm Al Kundum · Wikimedia Commons The place Umm al Kundum, officially known as Um El Kundum, is a southwest locality in the Amman Governorate of Jordan. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Al_Kundum), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Umm Al Kundum 2 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. University of Petra The University of Petra is a private university located in Amman, Jordan. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees. 2.3 km · private university in Amman, Jordan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Petra) 2. 'Umayri Tall al-’Umayri is an archaeological site in western Jordan that dates from the Early Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period. It is located near the modern capital of Amman and is significant for its well-preserved evidence of a temple, as well as archaeological evidence of a network of small farms believed to have produced wine. 800 m · archaeological site near Amman, Jordan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_al-Umayri) 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 Kundum **Airports:** Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 15 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 20 km · Ben Gurion (TLV), 95 km\ - Aqaba → Umm Al Kundum Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aqaba-to-umm-al-kundum) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aqaba&to=Umm+Al+Kundum) - Tel Aviv → Umm Al Kundum Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/tel-aviv-to-umm-al-kundum) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Tel+Aviv&to=Umm+Al+Kundum) - Damascus → Umm Al Kundum Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/damascus-to-umm-al-kundum) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Damascus&to=Umm+Al+Kundum) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Umm%20Al%20Kundum) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Umm Al Kundum 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 Kundum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Additionally, this service may be run by a minibus with extremely limited seating and space for baggage. - Get around Private minibuses shadow the municipal buses. From [Wikivoyage: Amman](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Amman), 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 176 km 2. [Wadi Rum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wadi-rum) JO 8 ways of moving, 23 sources 260 km 3. [Dahab](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/dahab) EG 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 398 km 4. [Kastellorizo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kastellorizo) GR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 750 km 5. [Naxos](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/naxos) GR 12 ways of moving, 17 sources 1,114 km If you know how people move in Umm Al Kundum – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cumm-al-kundum&title=Umm+Al+Kundum&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fumm-al-kundum), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Umm Al Kundum Umm Al Kundum is 11 km from [Amman](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/amman), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Al Bunayyat ash Shamaliyah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-bunayyat-ash-shamaliyah) human settlement 2.9 km - [Al Muqabalayn](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-muqabalayn) human settlement 3.3 km - [Al Bunayyat al Janubiyah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/al-bunayyat-al-janubiyah) human settlement 1 km [The place page for Umm Al Kundum](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/umm-al-kundum) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Jordan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JO) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/umm-al-kundum, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt