page_title: Al-Salt
hierarchical_section_title: Al-Salt
caption_attribution_description: English: A combination for the pictures of As-Salt, Jordan. Clockwise from the left top: As-Salt's skyline, Great Mosque of As-Salt, St. George Church, Latin Church, As-Salt Castle, As-Salt Archaeological Museum, Al-Hammam Road and As-Salt Small Mosque .العربية: تجميعة لصور من مدينة السلط، الأردن. باتجاه عقرب الساعة من أعلى اليسار: أفق مدينة السلط، مسجد السلط الكبير، كنيسة الخضر (القديس جوارجيوس)، دير اللاتين، قلعة السلط، متحف آثار السلط، شارع الحمّام ومسجد السلط الصغير.
context_page_description: Al-Salt is an ancient agricultural town and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1,100 metres above sea level, the town is built in the crook of three hills, close to the Jordan Valley. One of the three hills, Jabal al-Qal'a, is the site of a 13th-century ruined fortress. It is the capital of Balqa Governorate.
  The Greater Salt Municipality has about 97,000 inhabitants
context_section_description: Al-Salt (Arabic: السلط‎ As-Salt — pronounced Es-Sult or Es-Salt) is an ancient agricultural town and administrative centre in west-central Jordan. It is on the old main highway leading from Amman to Jerusalem. Situated in the Balqa highland, about 790–1,100 metres above sea level, the town is built in the crook of three hills, close to the Jordan Valley. One of the three hills, Jabal al-Qal'a, is the site of a 13th-century ruined fortress. It is the capital of Balqa Governorate.
  The Greater Salt Municipality has about 97,000 inhabitants (2006)
caption: Clockwise from the left top: As-Salt's skyline, Great Mosque of As-Salt, St. George Church, Latin Church, As-Salt Castle, As-Salt Archaeological Museum, Al-Hammam Road and As-Salt Small Mosque .
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