Petra

Summary

Petra is an ancient city^[1]. Petra ranks in the top 0.31% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,012 views/month, #3 of 953).^[2]

Key Facts

• Petra was a member of World Tourism Cities Federation^[3].
• Petra is located in Ma'an Governorate^[4].
• Petra is in the country of Jordan^[5].
• Petra's video is recorded as Petra, Hauptstadt der Nabatäer (CC BY-SA 4.0).webm^[6].
• Petra's image is recorded as The Treasury, Petra, Jordan5.jpg^[7].
• Petra's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[8].
• Petra's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Petra's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[10].
• Petra's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[11].
• Petra's made from material is recorded as sandstone^[12].
• Petra's twinned administrative body is recorded as Plovdiv^[13].
• Petra's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hegra^[14].
• Petra's twinned administrative body is recorded as Leskovac^[15].
• Petra's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315170015^[16].
• Petra's GND ID is recorded as 4045379-0^[17].
• Petra's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85100338^[18].
• Petra's Commons category is recorded as Petra, Jordan^[19].
• -0800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Petra^[20].
• Petra's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.328888888889, 'lon': 35.440277777778}^[21].
• Petra's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c7zy^[22].
• Petra's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge130401^[23].
• Petra's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 326^[24].
• Petra's official website is recorded as http://www.visitpetra.jo/^[25].
• Petra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petra^[26].
• Petra's Commons gallery is recorded as Petra^[27].

Body

Geography

Petra is in the country of Jordan^[5]. Petra is located in Ma'an Governorate^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Petra's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+26171'}^[28]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+800'}^[29] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1350'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ancient city^[8], city^[9], tourist attraction^[10], and archaeological site^[11]. Petra's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[31].

History and Context

-0800-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Petra^[20].

Why It Matters

Petra ranks in the top 0.31% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,012 views/month, #3 of 953).^[2] Petra has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Petra is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]