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As-Salt

Balqa Governorate, Jordan
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4 - 7 Days

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About As-Salt

Al-Salt is an historic agricultural city and administrative centre in west-vital Jordan. It is at the antique main toll road main from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, approximately 790–1,100 metres above sea level, the metropolis is constructed inside the crook of three hills, near the Jordan Valley. One of the three hills, Jabal al-Qal'a, is the web page of a 13th-century ruined fortress. It is the capital of Balqa Governorate.

It isn't always regarded when the city became first inhabited, however it's miles believed that it became built by way of the Macedonian army in the course of the reign of Alexander the Great. The metropolis was known as Saltus in Byzantine times and became the seat of a bishopric. At this time, the town was considered to be the main agreement on the East Bank of the Jordan River. The settlement turned into destroyed by the Mongols and then rebuilt at some point of the reign of the Mamluk sultan Baibars 1260 to 1277 and became a local capital yet again for the duration of the time of the Ottoman Empire. In the early 1830s, Salt become once more attacked, this time being blown up at some stage in a raid through the Egyptian viceroy Ibrahim Pasha in his campaigns towards the Ottomans in Palestine.

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Magical 8 Days AMMAN PANORAMIC Vacation Package

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From₹102,204/-
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Experience 8 Days Arrival Amman Trip Package

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