Wadi Musa

Wadi Musa

وادي موسى
Wadi Musa وادي موسى
Town
	Wadi Musa
	Coordinates: 30°19′12″N 35°28′42″E / 30.32000°N 35.47833°E
Country	Jordan
Province	Ma'an Governorate
Area
• Total	7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
	(excludes Al Hayy, an undeveloped residential zone)
Elevation	1,050−1,450 m (−3,700 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	6,831
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT +2
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code	+(962)3

Wadi Musa (Arabic: وادي موسى, literally "Valley of Musa (AS)) is a town located in the Ma'an Governorate in southern Jordan. It is the administrative center of the Petra Department^[1] and the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra. Most of the locals belong to the Liyathnah tribe. It hosts many hotels and restaurants for tourists, and the important B'doul settlement of Umm Seyhoun, created after the community's forced displacement in 1985, is approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) from the town.

^ ^a ^b "The Strategic Master Plan for the Petra Region: Strategic Plan for WADI MUSA and surrounding areas" (PDF). Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority. June 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
^ "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.

[PDTRA-1] "The Strategic Master Plan for the Petra Region: Strategic Plan for WADI MUSA and surrounding areas" (PDF). Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority. June 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

[2] "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.

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