Al-Karak

city of

Jordan

location

Al-Karak lies 140 kilometres (87 mi) to the south of Amman on the ancient King’s Highway.

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/350877998

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/places/cities/jordan/al-karak/al-karak.md

random

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city

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31572

Wikipedia

Al-Karak (Wikipedia) Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك) is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate.