Abila

Summary

Abila is an ancient city^[1]. Abila draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_city category, ranking #150 of 953).^[2]

Key Facts

• Abila is located in Irbid Governorate^[3].
• Abila is in the country of Jordan^[4].
• Abila's image is recorded as The-Decapolis-map.svg^[5].
• Abila's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[6].
• Abila's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[7].
• Abila's instance of is recorded as village in Jordan^[8].
• Abila's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315170226^[9].
• Abila's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96011296^[10].
• Abila's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14537288p^[11].
• Abila's IdRef ID is recorded as 080489427^[12].
• Abila's Commons category is recorded as Abila (Decapolis)^[13].
• Abila's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.68305556, 'lon': 35.87}^[14].
• Abila's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bydr0^[15].
• Abila's official website is recorded as https://www.jbu.edu/abila/^[16].
• Abila's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000845919^[17].
• Abila's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0000250^[18].
• Abila's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia^[19].
• Abila's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[20].
• Abila's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[21].
• Abila's vici.org ID is recorded as 10834^[22].
• Abila's GeoNames ID is recorded as 246415^[23].
• Abila's Pleiades ID is recorded as 677992^[24].
• Abila's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Ἄβιλα Δεκαπόλεως'}^[25].
• Abila's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 21664^[26].
• Abila's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -974452^[27].

Body

Geography

Abila is in the country of Jordan^[4]. Abila is located in Irbid Governorate^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient city^[6], archaeological site^[7], and village in Jordan^[8]. Abila's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site^[21].

Why It Matters

Abila draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (ancient_city category, ranking #150 of 953).^[2] Abila has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Abila is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]