Naharayim/Baqura area

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The Naharayim/Baqura area is a historically significant tract of land at the Jordan–Israel border, known for its early hydroelectric power plant and its unique status under the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, which granted special usage arrangements before reverting full control to Jordan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border area
geographical region
arabicName Baqura
borderBetween Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

State of Israel
linked to: Israel
country Jordan
crossBorderCooperationTopic security coordination
tourism
water management
currentControl Jordan
demilitarizedAspect subject to special security coordination between Israel and Jordan
environmentalFeature riverine ecosystem
hasHydroelectricPlantSite Naharayim power plant
hasLandUseCategory agricultural land
tourist site
hasNearbyIsraeliLocality Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov
Kibbutz Gesher
hasNearbyJordanianLocality Baqura village
hasPart Baqura
Naharayim
historicalEvent construction of a hydroelectric power plant in the 1920s–1930s
inclusion in the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty
termination of special land-use arrangements in 2019
knownFor early hydroelectric power plant
unique land-use arrangements under the Israel–Jordan peace treaty
legalStatusChange Jordan decided not to renew the special regime in 2018
legalStatusChangeEffective November 2019
locatedInRegion Jordan Valley
locatedNear confluence of the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River
locatedOnBorderWith Israel
Jordan
nameMeaning Naharayim means "two rivers" in Hebrew
powerPlantConstructionPeriod 1920s
powerPlantDeveloper Pinhas Rutenberg
powerPlantOperationStart 1930s
powerPlantPurpose generate electricity for Mandatory Palestine
previousUsageRightsHolder Israel
Israeli farmers
relatedConflictContext Arab–Israeli conflict
relatedPeaceProcess Israel–Jordan normalization of relations
sovereignty Jordan
specialRegimeUnderTreaty Jordanian sovereignty with Israeli private land-use rights
tourismFeature remains of the historic hydroelectric plant
viewpoints over the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers
treaty Israel–Jordan peace treaty
treatySigned 1994
usageRegimeDuration 25 years from 1994 treaty entry into force
usageRegimeEnded 2019

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