Mafraq
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| Mafraq City مدينة المفرق |
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  Mafraq City
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| Coordinates: 32°16′0″N 36°09′20″E / 32.266667°N 36.15556°E | |
| Country | Jordan |
| Province | Mafraq Governorate |
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| - Mayor | Abdullah yarqan |
| Population (2004) | |
| - Total | 56,340 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| - Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
| Area code(s) | +(962)2 |
| Website | http://www.mafraq.gov.jo |
Mafraq (Arabic المفرق Al-Mafraq, local dialects Mafrag or Mafra' ) is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, located in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east. It has 58,954 inhabitants (2000).[citation needed] Mafraq was also the location of a Transjordanian prisoner of war camp during the Arab-Israeli War, used to house soldiers taken from a Transjordanian victory at the Jewish quarter of East Jerusalem in 1948.
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Mafraq is served by a station on the 1,050 mm (3 ft 51⁄3 in) national railway system.
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Coordinates: 32°21′N 36°12′E / 32.35°N 36.2°E
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