Amman

Amman (pronounced /ɑːˈmɑːn/ ^{(deprecatit template)}; Arabic: عمّان‎, ʿAmmān) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Hashemite Kinrick o Jordan. A ceety o ower 2 million indwallers (2010 estimate),^[1] it is the kintra's poleetical, cultural an commercial centre an ane o the auldest continuously inhabitit ceeties in the warld.^[2] Amman is the admeenistrative seat o the homonymous govrenorate.

Ammān عَمَّان
Ceety
A view frae Amman Citadel Hill
Banner
Ammān
Coordinates: 31°56′59″N 35°55′58″E
Kintra	Jordan
Govrenorate	Caipital Govrenorate
Foondit	7000 BC
Municipality	1909
Govrenment
• Mayor	Aqel Biltaji
Area
• Total	1680 km2 (650 sq mi)
Elevation	777–1400 m (2,564 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	4,007,526
• Density	2380/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Ammani
Time zone	GMT +2
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code(s)	+962(6)
Website	http://www.ammancity.gov.jo/en/gam/index.asp

Amman wis named ane o the Middle East an North Africae's best ceeties accordin tae economic, labour, enviornmental, an socio-cultural factors.^[3]

Destricts

The ceety is admeenistered as the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) an covers 27 destricts which include:^[4]

1	Âbdali	4	Qwésmé, Jwaydé, Abu Âlanda an Raqim	7	Müwaqar	10	Bader è Jadida	13	Jbeyha	16	Mārka	19	Ohod	22	Şhafa Badran	25	Tlaâ’l Âli
2	Abu Nsér	5	Yarmuk	8	Mqabalayen	11	Basmān	14	Khraybet essouq	17	Médina	20	Rās ıl Êyn	23	Swéyleh	26	Vādi'l Sér
3	Um-Ožayna	6	Jizah	9	Bader	12	Hüsbān	15	Marj ıl Hamām	18	Naûr	21	Sahāb	24	Tariq	27	Zahrān

Aerial photograph o Amman

View o a roondaboot in Amman

The Rainbow Cinema in Jabal Amman, locatit on Rainbow Street

Cultur

A historic biggin in Jabel Webdeh

A Moabite sarcophagus in Jordan Archaeological Museum

Keeng Abdullah I Mosque, ane o the maist famous modren structurs in Amman.

Cuisine

Relatit page: Jordanian cuisine

The New York Times praised the cuisine o Amman. "You’ll fynd the bricht vegetables frae Lebanon, crunchy falafels frae Sirie, juicy kebabs frae Egyp an, maist recently, spicy meat dishes frae Jordan’s neebour, Iraq. It’s kent as the fuid o the Levant — a auncient wird for the aurie boondit bi the Mediterranean Sea an the Arabie Peninsula. But the fuid here isna juist the sum ofits calories. In this poleetically, releegiously an ethnically fraucht corner o the warld, it is a seembol o bloodlines an identity."^[5]

Sport

Amman-based fitball clubs Al-Wihdat an Al-Faisaly hae wan the naitional league several times.

The 2007 Asian Championships in Athletics an 2009 IAAF Warld Cross Kintra Championships wur hauden in the ceety.

Amman hosts the Jordan Rally, whilk form pairt o the FIA Warld Rally Championship, becomin the lairgest sportin event hauden in Jordan iver. Amman an aa hosts the Sama Tournament whilk is a pairt o the Trillium Championship.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Jordan

Twin touns — sister ceeties

Amman is twinned wi:^[6]

Muscat, Oman (1986) Baku, Azerbaijan Jeddah, Saudi Arabie (1988) Cairo, Egyp (1988) Rabat, Morocco (1988) Islamabad, Pakistan (1989) Sana'a, Yemen (1989) Beijing, Cheenae (1990)[7] Ankara, Turkey (1992) Khartoum, Sudan (1993)

Miami, Unitit States (1995) Doha, Qatar (1995) Istanbul, Turkey (1997) São Paulo, Brazil, (1997)[8] Algiers, Algerie (1998) Bucharest, Romanie (1999) Nouakchott, Mauritanie (1999) Tunis, Tunisie (1999) Sofia, Bulgarie (2000) Beirut, Lebanon (2000)

Pretoria, Sooth Africae (2002) Tegucigalpa, Honduras (2002) Chicago, Unitit States (2004) Geneva, Swisserland (2005) Milan, Italy (2005)[9] Calabria, Italy (2005) Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae (2005)[10] Moscow, Roushie (2005) Central Govrenorate, Bahrain (2006) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2006) San Francisco, Unitit States (2010) Tokyo, Japan (2011)