Place:Amman, Jordan

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NameAmman
Alt names'Ammansource: CIA, World Fact Book (2000-2003) Accessed 07/08/2002.
Al-ʿĀṣimahsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ammansource: Wikipedia
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates31.583°N 36.5°E
Located inJordan
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Al-Muwaqqar
Khuraybat as Sūq
Māsūh
Qaṣr al-Kharānah
Qaṣr al-Mushattā
Qaṣr al-Mushāsh
Qaṣr aṭ-Ṭūbah
Qaṣr Ḍabʿah
Qusayr ʿAmra
Um er Risas
Inhabited place
Al-Judayyidah
Amman
Araq El-Emir
Aṭ-Ṭunayb
Dhiban
Manjā
Maḥaṭṭat al-Jīzah
Maḥaṭṭat al-Qaṣr
Maḥaṭṭat as-Suwāqah
Maḥaṭṭat Ḍabʿah
Mukāwir
Mārkā
Māʿīn
Natl
Nāʿūr
Sahab
Umm Quṣayr
Wādī as-Sīr
Zuwayzā
Ḥisbān
Ṣuwayliḥ
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Amman Governorate, officially known as Muhafazat al-Asima (English translation: The Capital Governorate), is one of the governorates in Jordan. The governorate's capital is the city of Amman, which is also the country's capital. The administrative center of the governorate as well as all government offices and parliament are located in the Abdali district.

The Amman Governorate has the largest population of the 12 governorates of Jordan. It borders Zarqa Governorate to the north and north east, the governorates of Balqa and Madaba to the west, Karak and Ma'an governorates to the south. It also shares an international border with Saudi Arabia from the east.

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