Abila City
Abila City (Modern Qweilbeh) is part of the Tentative list of Jordan in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Abila was one of the cities of the Decapolis, a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire (now in Jordan, Syria and Israel). The site had been inhabited already by the Iron Age and possibly even the Bronze Age. During the Roman period it gained regional importance. It had an advance water system sustained by two aqueducts.
Map of Abila City
Load mapThe coordinates shown for all tentative sites were produced as a community effort. They are not official and may change on inscription.
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Site Info
- Full Name
- Abila City (Modern Qweilbeh)
- Country
- Jordan
- Added
- 2001
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Archaeological site - Near Eastern
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