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Zarqa
City in Zarqa Governorate, Jordan

Zarqa

Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate in Jordan.

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Its name means "the blue (city)". It had a population of 635,160 inhabitants in 2015, and is the second most populous city in Jordan after Amman.

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Getting to Zarqa

Bus rapid transit is the most convenient and cheapest way to reach Zarqa from Amman. Zarqa is connected by the Hejaz Railway to Amman to the south and to Syria to the north. A new railway is under construction to connect Amman with Zarqa. Zarqa lies on the international highway that connects Saudi Arabia with Syria and on the international Amman-Baghdad highway.

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    The global village

    Another kind of sad zoo for the animals who live in confined spaces with little to no landscaping or stimulation.

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