Where is Petra exactly located?
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Petra is an archaeological city located in southern Jordan, specifically in the Ma’an Governorate. It is situated approximately 240 kilometers (150 miles) south of the capital city, Amman, and lies between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea.
Petra is located amid rugged desert canyons and mountains in what is now the southwestern corner of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
It is situated about 150 miles south of both Jerusalem and Amman, the capital of Jordan, and about midway between Damascus, Syria, and the Red Sea, making it ideally suited as a hub of commerce in the area.
Petra was once a thriving trading center and the capital of the Nabataean empire between 400 B.C. and A.D. 106. The city sat empty and in near ruin for centuries.
The spectacular sandstone city of Petra was built in the 3rd century BC by the Nabataeans, who carved palaces, temples, tombs, storerooms and stables from the soft stone cliffs.