Aqaba

Aqaba

Aqaba (Al 'Aqabah) Only seaport of Jordan, at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba on the ne end of the Red Sea. It was an important part of medieval Palestine. In 1917 it was captured from the Turks by T. E. Lawrence, and finally ceded to Jordan in 1925. It is crucial to Jordan's phosphate exports, and is expanding as a port and diving resort. Pop. (1994) 62,773.

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