Petra

Petra Raqmu
Tourists in front of Al Khazneh (The Treasury) at Petra
Location	Ma'an Governorate, Jordan
Coordinates	30°19′43″N 35°26′31″E / 30.32861°N 35.44194°E / 30.32861; 35.44194
Area	264 square kilometres (102 sq mi)[1]
Elevation	810 m (2,657 ft)
Built	possibly as early as 5th century BC [2]
Visitors	918,000 (in 2010)
Governing body	Petra Region Authority
Website	www.visitpetra.jo
Location of Petra Raqmu in Jordan
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: i, iii, iv
Reference	326
Inscription	1985 (9th Session)

Petra is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan.

It is in a basin among the mountains that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.^[3]

1. ↑ "Management of Petra". Petra National Trust. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
2. ↑ Browning, Iain (1973, 1982), Petra, Chatto & Windus, London, p. 15, ISBN 0-7011-2622-1
3. ↑ Glueck, Nelson 1959. Rivers in the desert: a history of the Negev. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy/London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson