Al-Joufa Mountain | |
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 A view of Al-Joufa, taken from the Roman Amphitheater | |
  Al-Joufa Mountain | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′18.5″N 35°57′6.3″E / 31.955139°N 35.951750°E | |
| Country | Jordan |
Al-Joufa Mountain is an area in Jordan's capital Amman, south of the Roman amphitheater, and one of the seven mountains that comprise the city. In 1962 Dhaifallah Al-Hamoud, then Secretary of Amman, named it Algeria Mountain to honor the Algerian Revolution.[1]
Despite its proximity to the Roman amphitheater no ancient monuments have been found there to indicate its history, as is the case with the mountain opposite it, Al-Qalaa; Al-Joufa overlooks the royal palaces of Raghadan and Basman from its northern slope.[2] The first Jordanian cabinet building was located at the foot of Al-Joufa Mountain, opposite the Amman Municipality Public Library building, but it was removed.[3] Al-Joufa's main landmarks include the first triangle – an intersection of several streets – near Prince Hassan Secondary School, the middle triangle that represents Al-Joufa's commercial heart, and the last triangle that leads to Um Tineh, the former Druze neighborhood, and connects the last triangle between Al-Taj Mountain and Al-Ashrafieh Mountain.[4]
- ^ Dr. Omar Saleh; Al-Khaleej, Dar (January 1, 2016). Jordan and the Algerian Revolution: Official and Popular Stance 1954–1962. Gulf House for Publishing and Distribution / daralkhalij for Publishing and Distribution. ISBN 978-9957-519-93-3. Archived from the original on 2021-02-06.
- ^ "Basman Palace". rhc.jo. April 29, 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-05-10. Accessed on 2020-05-10.
- ^ Al-Rai newspaper; Raghadan Palace. Archived 2019-09-07 at Wayback Machine.
- ^ "The Royal Palaces". King Hussein. Archived from the original on 2018-10-10.