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https://nomadfoto.com Umm Qais or Qays (Arabic: أم قيس‎, lit. "Mother of Qais") is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara, also a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see...It lies in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with Israel and Syria. It is perched on a hilltop 378 metres (1,240 ft) above sea level overlooking the Sea of Tiberias, the Golan Heights, and the Yarmouk River gorge.Flickr robysaltori_46190435114_4bf91dabb7_o Umm Qais near Gadara.jpg
Wikimedia Umm_Qais_Galilee-Golan_panorama CC-BY-SA Daniel Case.jpg
Wikimedia Umm_Qais-13 Byzantine Church terrace CC-BY-SA David Bjorgen.jpg
Wikimedia Umm_Qais-14 Byzantine Church terrace CC-BY-SA David Bjorgen.jpg