Ma’an Governorate

E395809

Governorate of Jordan

Ma’an Governorate is an administrative region in southern Jordan best known for encompassing the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and major archaeological and tourist destination.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ma'an Governorate	16
Ma’an Governorate canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3758130 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ma’an Governorate
Context triple: [Nabataean city of Petra, locatedIn, Ma’an Governorate]

A. Madaba Governorate
Madaba Governorate is a central Jordanian administrative region known for its historic city of Madaba, rich archaeological sites, and scenic highlands overlooking the Dead Sea.
B. Deir al-Balah Governorate
Deir al-Balah Governorate is an administrative region in the central Gaza Strip that encompasses the city of Deir al-Balah and surrounding areas.
C. Bethlehem Governorate
Bethlehem Governorate is an administrative region in the southern West Bank of the State of Palestine, centered on the historic city of Bethlehem and encompassing its surrounding towns and villages.
D. Khan Yunis Governorate
Khan Yunis Governorate is an administrative region in the southern Gaza Strip that includes the city of Khan Yunis and surrounding towns and refugee camps.
E. Jericho Governorate
Jericho Governorate is an administrative district in the eastern West Bank that includes the historic city of Jericho and surrounding areas near the Jordan River and Dead Sea.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ma’an Governorate
Target entity description: Ma’an Governorate is an administrative region in southern Jordan best known for encompassing the ancient Nabataean city of Petra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and major archaeological and tourist destination.

A. Madaba Governorate
Madaba Governorate is a central Jordanian administrative region known for its historic city of Madaba, rich archaeological sites, and scenic highlands overlooking the Dead Sea.
B. Deir al-Balah Governorate
Deir al-Balah Governorate is an administrative region in the central Gaza Strip that encompasses the city of Deir al-Balah and surrounding areas.
C. Bethlehem Governorate
Bethlehem Governorate is an administrative region in the southern West Bank of the State of Palestine, centered on the historic city of Bethlehem and encompassing its surrounding towns and villages.
D. Khan Yunis Governorate
Khan Yunis Governorate is an administrative region in the southern Gaza Strip that includes the city of Khan Yunis and surrounding towns and refugee camps.
E. Jericho Governorate
Jericho Governorate is an administrative district in the eastern West Bank that includes the historic city of Jericho and surrounding areas near the Jordan River and Dead Sea.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Governorate of Jordan ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Jordan ⓘ
borderWith	Amman Governorate ⓘ Aqaba Governorate ⓘ Karak Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ Madaba Governorate ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Tafilah ⓘ surface form: Tafilah Governorate
capital	Ma’an ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
contains	El Husseiniya ⓘ surface form: Al-Husseiniya Al-Jafr ⓘ Al-Jafr Basin ⓘ Al-Jayfar ⓘ Al-Mudawwara ⓘ Al-Quweira ⓘ Aqaba Highway ⓘ Dana Biosphere Reserve ⓘ Desert Highway section ⓘ Petra ⓘ surface form: Little Petra Petra ⓘ Shobak ⓘ Shobak Castle ⓘ Wadi Musa ⓘ Wadi Rum ⓘ surface form: Wadi Rum Protected Area parts of the Hisma Desert ⓘ
country	Jordan ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ tourism ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Bedouin communities ⓘ surface form: Bedouin tribes Jordanian Arabs ⓘ
governorateNumber	12 ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion	Edom ⓘ surface form: Edomite territory (ancient) Nabataean kingdom ⓘ surface form: Nabataean Kingdom (ancient)
hasMunicipality	Greater Ma’an Municipality ⓘ Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority ⓘ surface form: Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority area
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Petra ⓘ
knownFor	Petra ⓘ surface form: Petra archaeological site archaeological heritage ⓘ desert landscapes ⓘ tourism ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
largestCity	Ma’an ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Jordan ⓘ
partOf	Jordan (country) ⓘ surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
religion	Islam ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+2 ⓘ
timeZoneDST	UTC+3 ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	Desert Highway ⓘ Hejaz Railway ⓘ surface form: Hejaz Railway (historic alignment)

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