Naharayim/Baqura area

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The Naharayim/Baqura area is a historically significant tract of land at the Jordan–Israel border, known for its early hydroelectric power plant and its unique status under the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, which granted special usage arrangements before reverting full control to Jordan.

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Naharayim/Baqura area canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf border area ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
arabicName Baqura ⓘ
borderBetween Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Jordan

State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
country Jordan ⓘ
crossBorderCooperationTopic security coordination ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
water management ⓘ
currentControl Jordan ⓘ
demilitarizedAspect subject to special security coordination between Israel and Jordan ⓘ
environmentalFeature riverine ecosystem ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlantSite Naharayim power plant ⓘ
hasLandUseCategory agricultural land ⓘ
tourist site ⓘ
hasNearbyIsraeliLocality Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov ⓘ
Kibbutz Gesher ⓘ
hasNearbyJordanianLocality Baqura village ⓘ
hasPart Baqura ⓘ
Naharayim ⓘ
historicalEvent construction of a hydroelectric power plant in the 1920s–1930s ⓘ
inclusion in the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty ⓘ
termination of special land-use arrangements in 2019 ⓘ
knownFor early hydroelectric power plant ⓘ
unique land-use arrangements under the Israel–Jordan peace treaty ⓘ
legalStatusChange Jordan decided not to renew the special regime in 2018 ⓘ
legalStatusChangeEffective November 2019 ⓘ
locatedInRegion Jordan Valley ⓘ
locatedNear confluence of the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River ⓘ
locatedOnBorderWith Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
nameMeaning Naharayim means "two rivers" in Hebrew ⓘ
powerPlantConstructionPeriod 1920s ⓘ
powerPlantDeveloper Pinhas Rutenberg ⓘ
powerPlantOperationStart 1930s ⓘ
powerPlantPurpose generate electricity for Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
previousUsageRightsHolder Israel ⓘ
Israeli farmers ⓘ
relatedConflictContext Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ
relatedPeaceProcess Israel–Jordan normalization of relations ⓘ
sovereignty Jordan ⓘ
specialRegimeUnderTreaty Jordanian sovereignty with Israeli private land-use rights ⓘ
tourismFeature remains of the historic hydroelectric plant ⓘ
viewpoints over the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers ⓘ
treaty Israel–Jordan peace treaty ⓘ
treatySigned 1994 ⓘ
usageRegimeDuration 25 years from 1994 treaty entry into force ⓘ
usageRegimeEnded 2019 ⓘ

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