'Ara'ir

`Ara`ir
`Ara`ir Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 31°28′17″N 35°49′19″E / 31.47151°N 35.821922°E / 31.47151; 35.821922Coordinates: 31°28′17″N 35°49′19″E / 31.47151°N 35.821922°E / 31.47151; 35.821922
Country	Jordan
Governorate	Madaba Governorate
Time zone	UTC + 2

`Ara`ir is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan,^[1] thought to be the biblical town of Aroer.^[2] Aroes in Hellenistic and Roman periods.^[3]

References

↑ Maplandia world gazetteer
↑ Erwin Louis Lueker, The Concordia Bible Dictionary (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1963)
↑ Parker, S., R. Talbert, T. Elliott, S. Gillies. "Places: 697635 (Aroes)". Pleiades. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

Madaba Governorate of Jordan

Capital: Madaba

Towns and villages:	Al `Arid Al `Arudah Al Judayyidah Al Mathluthah Al Qurayyat Al Quwayjiyah An Naqubah `Ara`ir Ash Shuqayq Ath Thughrah `Atruz Buqay` al Qababi`ah Dulaylat al Hama'idah Dhiban Dulaylat al Mutayrat Halaq ash Shuqayq Khirbat as Sahilah Kufayr Abu Sarbut Kufayr al Wakhyan Kufayrat Abu Khinan Murayjimat Ibn Hamid

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