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This is the camp site/hotel where we spent the night in Aqaba. The place looked lovely, but we didn't stay in the rooms, camping on the ground instead.
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Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة al-ʻAqabah , "the Burden") is a Jordanian coastal city situated at the northeastern tip of the Red Sea. Aqaba is the largest city on the Gulf of Aqaba (one of the branch at the upper end of the Red Sea) and is Jordan's ONLY sea port. The city of Aqaba is the southernmost part of Jordan.
During World War I, the occupying Ottoman forces were forced to withdraw from Aqaba after a raid, known as the Battle of Aqaba, led by T. E. Lawrence (known as Lawrence of Arabia) and the Arab forces of Sharif Hussein in 1917, making the territory part of the Kingdom of Hejaz, under the rule of Prince Faisal. The capture of Aqaba helped open supply lines from Egypt up to Arab and British forces further north in Transjordan and Greater Palestine, and more importantly alleviated a threat of a Turkish offensive onto the strategically important Suez Canal.
Aqaba was ceded to the British protectorate of Transjordan in 1925. (Source: Wikipedia)
جلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني يفتتح مركز العقبة للتعليم والتدريب البحري/ جامعة البلقاء التطبيقية
His Majesty King Abdullah II inaugurates the Aqaba Center for Maritime Education and Training, affiliated with Balqa Applied University