page_title: Mafraq
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Mafraq / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Haganah and Irgun fighters from Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter being taken to prisoner of war camp in Transjordan, May/June 1948.
context_page_description: Mafraq is the capital city of Mafraq Governorate in Jordan, located 80 km to the north from the capital Amman in crossroad to Syria to the north and Iraq to the east. It had 56,340 inhabitants in 2004.
context_section_description: Mafraq has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). Most rain falls in the winter. The average annual temperature in Mafraq is 16.6 °C (61.9 °F). About 184 mm (7.24 in) of precipitation falls annually.
caption: Prisoners of war being escorted to the military base in Mafraq in 1948
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