Zarqa (Arabic الزرقاء az-Zarqā, local dialects ez-Zergā or ez-Zer'a, "The Blue One") is a city in Jordan located to the northeast of Amman. It has 792,665 inhabitants (2000) with a percentage of 15.5% of Jordan's population. Zarqa is the capital of Zarqa Governorate (Arabic Muhāfazat az-Zarqā). The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Amman, sometimes spelled Ammann (Arabic عمان Ê¿Ammān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, a city of more than 1. ... Zarqa (Arabic الزرقاء az-Zarqā, local dialects ez-Zergā or ez-Zera, The Blue One) is one of the governorates of Jordan. ...

Zarqa is Jordan's industrial center, with 50% of the country's industry located in the city. This is the result of inexpensive real estate and the city's closeness to Amman. People from all over the kingdom have moved there since the 1940's. Additionally, more than 50% of its population have come from Palestine after the Israeli invasion of the West Bank. Its climate is desert like. The majority of people work in low income jobs like soldiers, technicians and laborers. Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ...

Zarqa became known outside Jordan when, on September 6, 1970, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four passenger aircraft from Pan Am, TWA and Swissair on flights to New York from Brussels, Frankfurt and Zurich; and on September 9, 1970, hijacked a BOAC flight from Bombay to Rome. This article is about the day of the year. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين - al-jabhah al-sha`biyyah li-tahrÄ«r filastÄ«n) is a Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian political and military organization, founded in 1967. ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ... The Twa are a pygmy people, of short stature, who were the oldest recorded inhabitants of anthe Great Lakes region of central Africa that now comprises the nations of Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... Swissair MD-11 Swissair, short for Swiss Air Transport Company Limited, was Switzerlands national airline for 71 years (1931–2002), established when the airlines Belair and Ad Astra Aero (To the Stars) merged. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq. ... Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Brussels City Hall Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, pronounced ; French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and often by non-Belgian speakers of French; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the... Skyline of Frankfurt at night is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ...

The TWA, Swissair and BOAC flights, and their 400 passengers, were diverted to what became known as Dawson's Field in Zarqa. The passengers were released and the aircraft were subsequently blown up by the PFLP on September 12. September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ...

In response, King Hussein of Jordan formed a military government on September 16, 1970 and began shelling Palestinian guerrilla positions, eventually expelling the PLO from Jordan in what became known as Black September. Hussein bin Talal (Arabic: حسين بن طلال) (November 14, 1935 - February 7, 1999) was the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 1952 to 1999. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Distinguish from the type of ape called a gorilla. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Today, Zarqa is also known as the birthplace and namesake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, former leader of the Tawhid and Jihad militant group, which, in November 2004, announced it had changed its name to al-Qaeda in Iraq. Al-Zarqawi was killed near Baquba, Iraq, on June 7, 2006. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in a Jordanian prison photograph. ... Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Shosei Koda and with the banner in the background Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Arabic: جماعة ال�توحيد والجهاد, Monotheism and Holy Struggle Movement) is the Islamist guerrilla network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian-born Islamist militant believed operating... Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Shosei Koda and with the banner in the background This article is about the group called Al-Qaeda in Iraq. ...