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As-Salt

Also known as As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality, As Salt, Salt, Saltus, السلط

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Location

Where it sits, and what is around it

As-Salt is in As Salt. The nearest other World Heritage site is Bethany Beyond the Jordan, about 30 km away.

Nearest towns and cities

  • As Salt · about 141,000 peopleat the site
  • Amman · about 1,060,000 peopleabout 20 km south-east
  • Az Zarqa · about 895,000 peopleabout 35 km east
  • Nablus · about 216,000 peopleabout 50 km north-west
  • Ramallah · about 25,000 peopleabout 50 km west
  • Al Mafraq · about 57,000 peopleabout 55 km north-east
As-SaltAmmanJerusalemAz ZarqaNablusAl MafraqRamallahBethany Beyond the JordanAncient Jericho: Tell es-SultanSebastia20 km
The site is ringed; towns and other World Heritage sites are shown for context.

Nearby World Heritage sites

The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies

Map of As-Salt and the 5 nearest World Heritage sitesBethany Beyond the Jordan1Ancient Jericho: Tell es-Sultan2Sebastia3Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem4Umm ar-Rasas5As-Salt
Markers: square cultural, circle natural, diamond mixed.

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