Al-Karak

Summary

Al-Karak is a city^[1]. Al-Karak draws 169 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #601 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Al-Karak is located in Karak Governorate^[3].
• Al-Karak is in the country of Jordan^[4].
• Al-Karak's image is recorded as Kerak BW 1.JPG^[5].
• Al-Karak's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Al-Karak's twinned administrative body is recorded as Veliko Tarnovo^[7].
• Al-Karak's twinned administrative body is recorded as Veliko Tarnovo^[8].
• Al-Karak's GND ID is recorded as 5150488-1^[9].
• Al-Karak's Commons category is recorded as Karak^[10].
• Al-Karak's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[11].
• +1140-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Al-Karak^[12].
• Al-Karak's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.184444444444445, 'lon': 35.705}^[13].
• Al-Karak's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sr16^[14].
• Al-Karak's significant event is recorded as Siege of Al-Karak^[15].
• Al-Karak's significant event is recorded as Siege of Kerak^[16].
• Al-Karak's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karak^[17].
• Al-Karak's page banner is recorded as Jo-kerak-panoram.jpg^[18].
• Al-Karak's population is recorded as {'amount': '+21678'}^[19].
• Al-Karak's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• Al-Karak's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Al-Karak's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[22].
• Al-Karak's capital of is recorded as Karak Governorate^[23].
• Al-Karak's capital of is recorded as mutasarrifate of Karak^[24].
• Al-Karak's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Al-Karak^[25].
• Al-Karak's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الكرك'}^[26].
• Al-Karak's GeoNames ID is recorded as 250625^[27].

Body

Geography

Al-Karak is in the country of Jordan^[4]. Al-Karak is located in Karak Governorate^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Al-Karak's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+3495'}^[28]. Al-Karak's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+930'}^[29]. Al-Karak's population is recorded as {'amount': '+21678'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Al-Karak's instance of is recorded as city^[6].

History and Context

+1140-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Al-Karak^[12].

Why It Matters

Al-Karak draws 169 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #601 of 5,534).^[2] Al-Karak has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Al-Karak is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]