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Amman sometimes spelled Ammann is the capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a city and the administrative capital and commercial center of Jordan. It is also the largest city in Jordan. It is the capital city of Amman Governorate.
hroughout history, Amman has been inhabited by several civilizations. The first civilization on record is during the Neolithic period, around 8500 BC, when archaeological discoveries in 'Ain Ghazal, located in eastern Amman, showed evidence of not only a settled life but also the growth of artistic work, which suggests that a well-developed civilization inhabited the city at that time. In the 13th century BC Amman was called Rabbath Ammon or Rabat Amon by the Ammonites. It was later conquered by the Assyrians, followed by the Persians, and then the Greeks. Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Hellenic ruler of Egypt, renamed it Philadelphia. The city became part of the Nabataean kingdom until 106 AD when Philadelphia came under Roman control and joined the Decapolis.
In
326 AD, Christianity became the religion of the empire and Philadelphia became
the seat of a bishopric during the beginning of the Byzantine era. One of the
churches of this period can be seen on the city's Citadel.
Philadelphia was renamed Amman during the Ghassanian era, and flourished under the Caliphates (with nearby capital) of the Umayyads (in Damascus) and the Abbasids (in Baghdad). It was then destroyed by several earthquakes and natural disasters and remained a small village and a pile of ruins until the Circassians settlement in 1887. The tide changed when the Ottoman Sultan decided to build the Hejaz railway, linking Damascus and Medina, facilitating both the annual hajj pilgrimage and permanent trade, putting Amman, a major station, back on the commercial map.
In 1921, Abdullah I chose Amman as seat of government for his newly-created state, the Emirate of Transjordan, and later as the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. As there was no palatial building, he started his reign from the station, with his office in a train car. Amman remained a small city until 1948, when the population expanded considerably due to an influx of Palestinian refugees from what is now Israel. Amman has experienced exceptionally rapid development since 1952 under the leadership of two Hashemite Kings, Hussein of Jordan and Abdullah II of Jordan.
In 1970, Amman was the site of major clashes between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Jordanian army. Everything around the Royal Palace sustained heavy damage from shelling. Most of Amman suffered great damage from PLO rockets and the Jordanian army's shells.
The city's population continues to expand at a dizzying pace (fueled by refugees escaping the wartime events in the occupied territories and Iraq). The city received refugees from these countries on a number of occasions. The first wave of Palestinian refugees arrived from what is now Israel in 1948. A second wave after the Six-Day War in 1967. A third wave of Palestinian and Jordanian and Southeast Asians, working as domestic workers, refugees arrived in Amman from Kuwait after the Gulf War of 1991.
Rainbow Street, is a street in the historic area of Jabal Amman, near the center of downtown Amman.
Amman is located in a hilly area of north-western Jordan, and is at an elevation of 773 meters. The city was originally built on seven hills, but it now spans an area of over nineteen hills (each known as a jabal or mountain). Many of Amman's districts derive their names from the name of the mountain they are built on.
Queen Alia International Airport is an airport situated in Zizya area, 20 miles south of Amman, the capital city of Jordan.
Wadi Abdoun Bridge is the first and only cable-stayed bridge in Amman, Jordan, or all of Jordan. It crosses Wadi Abdoun.
The Abdali Urban Regeneration Project or the the Abdali Downtown project is a multi-use real estate development project currently under construction in the old Al Abdali district of Amman, Jordan aiming to build a new downtown for the Jordanian capital.
Distrcit of the city include pr have included ; Al Abdali, Abu Nseir, Al Nusr, Al Qweismeh, Al Jweideh, Abu ‘Alanda and Al Raqim, Al Yarmouk, Al-Jezah, Al-Mowaqar, Al-Mqabalain, Badr, Badr Al Jadeeda, Basman, Husban, Jbeiha, Khraibet Essouq, Marj Al Hamam, Marka, Medina, Nawoor (Na'our), Ohud, Ras Al-ain, Sahab, Shafa Badran, Sweileh, Tariq, Tla’ Al ‘Ali, Wadi Esseir, Zahran
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