Karak Governorate

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Karak Governorate is a governorate in central-southern Jordan known for its historic city of Al-Karak and its location along the ancient trade routes east of the Dead Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Karak Governorate canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Governorate of Jordan
administrativeCenter Al-Karak
borders Dead Sea
Ma'an Governorate
linked to: Ma’an Governorate

Madaba Governorate
Tafilah Governorate
linked to: Tafilah
capital Al-Karak
contains Al-Adnaniyah
Al-Hasa
linked to: Al-Ahsa

Al-Karak
Al-Mazar al-Janubi
Al-Qasr
Ayy
Ghawr al-Mazra'a
Karak Castle
linked to: Kerak Castle

Mu'tah
linked to: Muʾtah

Qatraneh
country Jordan
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
trade
hasFeature Jordan Rift Valley area
linked to: Jordan Rift Valley

arid to semi-arid climate
plateau region
hasHistoricCity Al-Karak
hasPart Al-Ayy District
Al-Karak District
Al-Mazar District
Al-Qasr District
Al-Qatraneh District
Ghawr al-Mazra'a District
knownFor historic city of Al-Karak
location along ancient trade routes
languageUsed Arabic
locatedEastOf Dead Sea
locatedIn Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Jordan (country)

central-southern Jordan
locatedInTimeZone UTC+02:00
locatedOn ancient trade routes east of the Dead Sea
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC+03:00
officialLanguage Arabic
partOf Jordanian administrative divisions
southern region of Jordan
religionMajority Islam
roadConnection Desert Highway of Jordan
King's Highway of Jordan
tourismAttraction Karak Castle
linked to: Kerak Castle

historic city of Al-Karak
linked to: Al-Karak

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moab Mountains region Karak Governorate
Karak locatedIn Karak Governorate
Karak capitalOf Karak Governorate
Madaba Governorate borders Karak Governorate