'Ara'ir

'Ara'ir
'Ara'ir
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 31°28′17″N 35°49′19″E / 31.47151°N 35.821922°E / 31.47151; 35.821922
Country Jordan
GovernorateMadaba Governorate
Time zoneUTC + 2

'Ara'ir (Arabic: عراعير) is a town in the Madaba Governorate of north-western Jordan, thought to be the biblical town of Aroer. Aroes in Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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