Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah

Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah (Arabic: الشونة الجنوبية, also Shoonah Janoobiyah, South Shuna or Southern Shouneh, etc.) is a populated place in Balqa Governorate, Jordan, in the eastern Jordan Valley, not far from the place where the Jordan flows into the Dead Sea. The town stretches along the Jordan Valley Highway (HW 65) north off the intersection with Route 437 (King Hussein Bridge Road), east of the Allenby (or King Hussein) Bridge) and border crossing. It is the seat of the Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah District.

Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah
الشونة الجنوبية
Town
Ash-Shunah al-Janubiyah
Coordinates: 31.9148°N 35.6133°E / 31.9148; 35.6133
Country Jordan
Population
 (2015)
  Total2,887

South Shuna is the location of the cultural heritage site known as Shunet Nimrin / Shunat Nimrin. The Tell Nimrin archaeological site is within South Shuna.

There is a Monument to the Unknown Soldier to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Karameh.

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