Madaba

Madaba
مادبا
City
top: Madaba with King Hussein Mosque (built 2007); middle row: souvenir shops, Madaba Map (mosaic floor), Byzantine Church of the Apostles; bottom row: entrance to Madaba Archaeological Park (left side of the street), street to Orthodox St. George Church (on the right), Catholic Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.
top: Madaba with King Hussein Mosque (built 2007); middle row: souvenir shops, Madaba Map (mosaic floor), Byzantine Church of the Apostles; bottom row: entrance to Madaba Archaeological Park (left side of the street), street to Orthodox St. George Church (on the right), Catholic Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.
Flag of Madaba
Flag
Official seal of Madaba
Seal
Nickname: 
City of Mosaics (used in tourism promotion)
Madaba is located in Jordan
Madaba
Madaba
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 31°43′N 35°48′E / 31.717°N 35.800°E / 31.717; 35.800
Country Jordan
GovernorateMadaba Governorate
Municipality established1921
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorMustafa Al-Ma'ay'ya
Area
 • City
39.440 km2 (15.228 sq mi)
 • Metro
100 km2 (39 sq mi)
Elevation
763 m (2,503 ft)
Population
 (December 2011)
 • City
84,600 Increase
Time zoneUTC+2 (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (UTC+3)
Area code+(962) 5
Websitewww.madabacity.gov.jo/

Madaba (Arabic: مادبا, romanized: Mādaba or Arabic: مأدبا, romanized: Maʾdaba) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000. It is best known for its Byzantine- and Umayyad-period mosaics on Christian and Greco-Roman mythological subjects, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located on the Madaba Plateau, 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-west of the capital Amman.

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