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Jaraṣ

Jaraṣ (also transliterated Jarash) is a small city of 50 thousand1 in الادنن (al-'Urdunn or Urdun or Jordan), located north of عمأن ('Ammān). The city is a tourist destination because of its Roman ruins: the former city of Gerasa.

External references

remains of the south theatre of classical Gerasa

Footnotes

1. world-gazetteer.com, accessed 6/3/2013.