(excludes Al Hayy, an undeveloped residential zone)
Elevation
1,050−1,450 m (−3,700 ft)
Population
(2015)[2]
• Total
6,831
• Density
930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone
GMT +2
• Summer (DST)
+3
Area code
+(962)3
Wadi Musa (Arabic: وادي موسى, literally "Valley of Musa (AS)) is a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative center of the Petra Department[1] and the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra. It hosts many hotels and restaurants for tourists, and the important B'doul settlement of Umm Seyhoun, created after the community's forced displacement in 1985, is approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) from the town.
^ ab"The Strategic Master Plan for the Petra Region: Strategic Plan for WADI MUSA and surrounding areas" (PDF). Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority. June 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^"The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.
WadiMusa (Arabic: وادي موسى, literally "Valley of Musa (AS)) is a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative...
buried, at Mount Hor, known today as Jabal Haroun or Mount Aaron. The WadiMusa or "Wadi of Moses" is the Arab name for the narrow valley at the head of which...
The Battle of WadiMusa was fought between the Arab Army and the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. The battle began when General Djemal...
1917. The Battle of WadiMusa was fought on October 23, 1917, when Ottoman army was sent to deal with Sharifian army camped at WadiMusa. Before the Ottoman...
The Arabah/Araba (Arabic: وادي عربة, romanized: Wādī ʿAraba) or Aravah/Arava (Hebrew: הָעֲרָבָה, romanized: hāʿĂrāḇā, lit. 'dry area') is a loosely defined...
canyon"), is an archaeological site located north of Petra and the town of WadiMusa in the Ma'an Governorate of Jordan. Like Petra, it is a Nabataean site...
1991, designed to bar the mouth of the Siq and reroute the waters of WadiMusa. The dam is a fairly true reconstruction of what the rawr and the beginning...
and, opposite, the Temple of the Winged Lions on the northern bank of WadiMusa. The temple is likely dedicated to the supreme goddess figure of the Nabateans...
14th century by a handful of Christian and Muslim clans (hamula) from WadiMusa in Jordan, the Christian Jaraisa and the Muslim Shaybat and Jubran, who...
investment financing. Amman Karak Aqaba Azraq Deir Alla Irbid Mafraq Ma'an WadiMusa Zarqa The modern history of the Jordanian water sector is characterized...
have descended from the Ghassanids who migrated from Yemen and from the WadiMusa area in present-day Jordan and an-Najajreh descend from Najran. Another...
Turkey. During the Arab Revolt, he led Ottoman forces in an attack on WadiMusa on 21 Oct. 1917. The Ottoman forces were defeated by forces under the...
Women. Patron of the Brooke Hospital for Animals Princess Alia Clinic at WadiMusa. Honorary Governor of the Arab Horse Society (United Kingdom). Director...
families from WadiMusa near Petra (today in Jordan) settled in caves on the site of the modern village. Another Christian family of WadiMusa, from the remnants...
successfully defending WadiMusa when Turkish forces under the command of Mehmed Djemal Pasha attacked on 21 October 1917, in the Battle of WadiMusa. He later became...
to drink. Wadi Feiran is an 81-mile (130 km) wadi on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Its upper reaches, around Jebel Musa, are known as the Wadi el-Sheikh....
largely derived from oral histories and folk tales of tribes from the WadiMusa and Petra areas in present-day Jordan. The Bedouins of the Negev historically...
longstanding conflict with the Liyathnah tribe, settled in the town of WadiMusa near Petra. The Liyathnah have benefited from the touristic and industrial...
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