What is Mafraq?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Mafraq City | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | area_code = +(962)2 | timezone_DST = +3 | utc_offset = | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] +2 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_total = 580,000 | population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.mafraq.gov.jo/GeneralInformation.aspx Official city website (Arabic)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204213333/http://www.mafraq.gov.jo/GeneralInformation.aspx |date=2010-02-04 }}</ref> | elevation_m = 700 | elevation_footnotes = | area_metro_km2 = 128 | area_total_km2 = 14 | leader_name = Abdullah arqan | established_date1 = 1945 | native_name = مدينة المَفْرَق | pushpin_label_position = Mafraq | settlement_type = City <!--images and maps----------->| image_skyline = Al-Mafraq, Jordan - panoramio.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = Mafraq city center | image_seal = <!-- Mafraqlogo.png--> | pushpin_map = Jordan | coordinates = {{coord|32.339939|36.205166|region:JO|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | established_title1 = Municipality established <!-- Settled --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Jordan]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Mafraq Governorate]] | established_title = Founded <!-- Settled --> | established_date = 333 B.C. | website = {{URL|http://www.mafraq.gov.jo}} }} '''Mafraq''' is a city in [[Jordan]]. It is the Capital of [[Mafraq Governorate]]. It is located 80 km north of the Jordanian capital, [[Amman]], at the crossroads of [[Syria]] from north and [[Iraq]] from east. It has an air and [[military base]]. The Amman-Damascus railway runs through the city. There is only one university in the city, [[Al Al-Bayt University]]. The university