Back الموقر Arabic Al-Muwaqqar Catalan Al-Muwaqqar Spanish الموقر (اردن) Persian Al Muwaqqar NN Al Muwaqqar SCO Al Muwaqqar Albanian El-Müvekker Turkish الموقر Urdu Al-Muvaqqar qasri Uzbek
Al-Muwaqqar
الموقر | |
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District | |
 Location of district in Amman | |
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| Coordinates: 31°48′56″N 36°5′39″E / 31.81556°N 36.09417°E | |
| Country |  Jordan |
| Governorate | Amman Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC + 2 |
Al-Muwaqqar (Arabic: الموقر) is a district in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan.[1] The village contains the scant ruins of an Umayyad palace, the Qasr al-Muwaqqar, one of the desert castles. Little remains of the palace today except several acanthus leaf capitals and gauge of a water reservoir.[2]
The district is the headquarters of the 3rd Armored Division and a police training center. Most of the families which are staying in the region are from Bani Sakhr, like Al-Khraisha, Al-Arabid, Al-Jbour, Al-Qudahh.
- ^ Maplandia world gazetteer
- ^ Al-Muwaqqar at AtlasTours.net