Karak City: facts

At a glance

• Country: Jordan
• Region: Karak
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 21,678
• Coordinates: 31.1637° N, 35.7620° E
• Time zone: Asia/Amman (UTC+03:00)
• Currency: Dinar (JOD)
• Distance to the capital, Amman: 90 km (56 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Queen Alia International Airport (AMM): 66 km (41 mi), straight line
• Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport (ADJ): 93 km (58 mi), straight line
• Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV, Israel): 126 km (78 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Qir Moav: 6.3 km (3.9 mi)
• `Izra: 6.6 km (4.1 mi)
• `Ayy: 12 km (7 mi)
• Al Mazar al Janubi: 12 km (8 mi)
• Al Husayniyah: 16 km (10 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Hebron, 75 km (47 mi)