What is Amman?

Amman

Amman (Arabic: عمان‎ /ɑːˈmɑːn/; ʿAmmān; Rabat Ammon) is the capital and largest city of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost 6.5 million by 2025 due to constant and rapid immigration. The recent economic growth experienced in Amman is unmatched by any other Arab city except those located in the Gulf. Amman is also the administrative seat of the homonymous governorate. Amman is also ranked a Gamma global city on the World city index.

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Amman - International Relations - Twin Towns — Sister Cities
... Amman is twinned with Muscat, Oman (1986) Baku, Azerbaijan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1988) Cairo, Egypt (1988) Rabat, Morocco (1988) Sylhet, Bangladesh San‘a’, Yemen (1989) Islamabad, Pakistan (1989) Beijing, China (199 ...
Central Amman
... Central Amman, known locally as al-Balad, is the old commercial area of Amman, Jordan ...
List Of Tallest Buildings In Amman
... Traditionally, the buildings of Amman had a unified human scale that primarily consisted of cubic buildings ranging from one to four stories in height ... under construction by DAMAC Properties and the Limitless Towers which will be the tallest in Amman and consists of two identical 65 floor buildings connected by a ...
Samal Saeed - International Goals
21 September 2010 Amman International Stadium, Amman Oman 1–1 3-2 International Friendly 2. 25 September 2010 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman Yemen 1–1 2-1 2010 WAFF Championship ...
Le Royal Hotel (Amman)
35.90917°E / 31.95333 35.90917 Le Royal Le Royal-Amman, one of Amman's landmarks General information Type Multi-purposed Location 3rd Circle, Amman Construction started 2001 ... The Le Royal, or Le Royal Hôtel d'Ammān is one of the tallest buildings in Amman, Jordan ...