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Aqaba Branch
Aqaba City


The area of ​​ Aqaba is (375 km²) and its beaches extend on the Gulf of Aqaba to about (27 km²); the population is about (100) thousand people, it is a beach city located on the Gulf of Aqaba, which is an extension of the Red Sea and enjoys a strategic location.


It is a place where everyone visits throughout the year for having all the natural features one would wish for, for it has a pleasant weather throughout the year where it is warm in summer and an enjoyable warm winter, so each visitor gets what he wishes for, from the practice of marine sports activities to swimming and diving, to riding camels in Wadi Rum, and one of the most magnificent discoveries in recent years is what is believed to be the oldest church in history which dates back to the third century AD, and in the vicinity of the castle is located Aqaba Archaeological Museum, which contains a set of artifacts that give an idea of how old trade was in Aqaba.


Aqaba is where the home of Sharif Hussein bin Ali is, where he lived for a period of time after the First World War, and where the Great Arab Revolt Square is adorned opposite the house with a giant flag fluttering on a pole with a height of (137) meters and is considered the tallest flag not supported globally.


Close to Aqaba is Wadi Rum, a 45-minute drive north of Aqaba, where the desert landscape and wildlife that have been declared a nature reserve can be detected with its creatures, effects and colors of its sands and hills and mountains that are constantly changing according to times of the day especially if you wandered when on horseback.


Aqaba City