Madaba

The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan. The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert. It contains the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem. The map dates to the sixth century AD.

Madaba camp is a Palestinian diaspora camp established in Jordan 1956. It is located half a kilometer from the city of Madaba, south of the Jordanian capital of Amman, and is administratively affiliated with the Madaba Governorate. It is the smallest Palestinian camp in Jordan in terms of area and population, as its area is estimated at 112 dunams (0.04 square miles (0.10 km2)), and its population is about 10,500 people. Some 1,200 families reside in the camp. As of 2018, Madaba camp was not recognized by UNRWA. The camp contains two schools (one for boys and one for girls) affiliated with the UNRWA, operating in double shifts, a health center affiliated with the UNRWA, and a government health centre.

Kufayrat Abu Khinan (Arabic: كفير أبو خنان) is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan. It lies several miles north of Madaba.

Kufayr Abu Sarbut (Arabic: كفير أبو سربوط) is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan.

Kufayr al Wekhyan is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan.

Juraynah جرينة is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan. It is located to the north of Madaba, about five kilometers from the governorate center, and about twenty-six kilometers south of Amman. Administratively, it is affiliated to the Greater Madaba municipality, and to the Juraynah district of the Madaba governorate. Juraynah is the northern gateway to Madaba Governorate from Amman.

Jalul is an archaeological site and small village in the Amman Governorate in northwestern Jordan.

Al Quwayjiyah (Arabic: القويجية) is a town in the Madaba Governorate of northern Jordan.

King's Academy (Arabic transliteration: "كينغز أكاديمي") is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for students in grades 7 to 12 in Madaba-Manja, Jordan. It is named in honor of King Abdullah II of Jordan and seeks to fulfill His Majesty's vision of producing "a new generation of enlightened and creative minds." King Abdullah attended high school at Deerfield Academy in the United States as there was no school of comparable standing in Jordan when he was a boy, but his son Crown Prince Hussein enrolled in the new school's second incoming class (2008). The school's first headmaster, Dr. Eric Widmer, was a past headmaster of Deerfield. The primary language of instruction at King's Academy is English. Both Arabic-speaking and non-Arabic-speaking students are required to study Arabic. The academy is a member of the G30 Schools group. The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among top 15 schools in the Middle East.

Manja is a town near the city of Madaba, Jordan. It is popular for its racing track.

Hisban (Arabic: حسبان) is a town in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan. Tell Hisban is one of a few possible locations thought to be biblical Heshbon.

Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esbus; Arabic: حشبون, Latin: Esebus, Hebrew: חשבון Ḥešbōn, Ancient Greek: Ἐσεβών, Ἐσσεβών, Ἐσβούτα, Ἐσβούς, Ἔσβους, Ἔξβους) were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, historically within the territories of ancient Ammon. The Bronze Age Heshbon of biblical King Sihon has not been identified. The town of Esbus from the Roman and Byzantine period has been identified with a tell (archaeological mound) known in Arabic as Tell Hisban or Tell Ḥesbān.