Elevation of towns in Jordan

142 towns in Jordan have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is aţ-Ţayyibah (Ma'ān) at 1,533 m (5,030 ft); the lowest is Ġawr aş-Şāfī (al-Karak) at -362 m (-1,188 ft). Half of the towns sit above 672 m (the mean is 632 m). 23 more places are on file with a coordinate that is not their own; they are named at the foot of this page and have no page of their own.

Highest towns in Jordan

#TownElevation
1aţ-Ţayyibah Ma'ān1,533 m (5,030 ft)
2al-Mazār al-Karak1,243 m (4,078 ft)
3al-H̨ussayniyah al-Karak1,213 m (3,980 ft)
4aţ-Ţafīlah aţ-Ţafīlah1,173 m (3,848 ft)
5Maw'tah al-Karak1,169 m (3,835 ft)
6Wādī Mūsā Ma'ān1,143 m (3,750 ft)
7Ma'ān Ma'ān1,109 m (3,638 ft)
8Buşayrā aţ-Ţafīlah1,107 m (3,632 ft)
9H̱alda wa Tilā'-al-'Alī 'Ammān1,071 m (3,514 ft)
10Askān Abū Nuşayr 'Ammān1,051 m (3,448 ft)

Lowest towns in Jordan

#TownElevation
1Ġawr aş-Şāfī al-Karak-362 m (-1,188 ft)
2Ġawr al-Mazra'ah al-Karak-351 m (-1,152 ft)
3Suknat aš-Šūnah al-Balqa'-290 m (-951 ft)
4al-Manšiyah Irbid-263 m (-863 ft)
5aţ-Ţīwal āl-Janūbi al-Balqa'-260 m (-853 ft)
6Ma'addī al-Balqa'-242 m (-794 ft)
7al-Karāmah al-Balqa'-230 m (-755 ft)
8Juwafat al-Kafrayn al-Balqa'-217 m (-712 ft)
9al-Balāwinah al-Balqa'-212 m (-696 ft)
10Waqqāş Irbid-212 m (-696 ft)

Regions of Jordan

RegionTownsMeanHighest townLowest town
'Ajlūn9705 m Şaẖrah 1,044 m al-Hāšimiyah 388 m
'Ammān18885 m H̱alda wa Tilā'-al-'Alī 1,071 m al-Jīzah 705 m
Irbid42418 m al-Buwayd̨ah 960 m al-Manšiyah -263 m
Jaraš10847 m Muẖayyam Sūf 1,004 m Burmā 617 m
Ma'ān51,106 m aţ-Ţayyibah 1,533 m al-Jafr 857 m
Mādabā5749 m Mā'īn 840 m Mulayh̨ 630 m
al-Balqa'17371 m ar-Rawd̨ah 996 m Suknat aš-Šūnah -290 m
al-Karak13790 m al-Mazār 1,243 m Ġawr aş-Şāfī -362 m
al-Mafraq9706 m Umm al-Qiţţayn 979 m Samā as-Sarh̨ān 593 m
az-Zarqā'8592 m Mušayrfat Rās al-'Ayn 839 m Šnillar 434 m
aţ-Ţafīlah4902 m aţ-Ţafīlah 1,173 m al-'Ayn al-Bayd̨ā 519 m

All towns in Jordan

Also on file in Jordan

Recorded with a coordinate that is not the town's own - a district's point shared by several places, or a same-named place in another country - so the grid cannot say how high each one is and they have no page.

al-Qādisiyah, aţ-Ţālbiyah, Adar, al-Mazār al-Janūbī, aš-Šahābiyah, al-Ašrafiyah, al-Mašāri'a, aş-Şarīh̨, Aydūn, Bušrā, Dayr Yūsuf, H̨akamā, Hawwārah, Irbid, Jisr aš-Šayẖ H̨ussayn, Sāl, Sūm, Wādī al-Yābas, Zah̨ar, al-H̱aldiyah al-Jadīdah, al-Mabrūkah, Bādiyat ar-Ruwayšid, Manšiyat Banī Hassan.